CRITICAL evaluation of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poetry began in the early 1900s when Sheikh Abdul Qadir’s article on Iqbal appeared in May 1902 issue of Khadang-i-Nazar, an Urdu magazine published from ...

GHALIB and Iqbal are two poets of Urdu who can truly be called evergreen. Not only has their poetry been popular among poetry lovers long after their passing away, their personalities and works, too, ...

Once upon a time, once upon a recent time in fact, young Urdu poets frequently used to talk about Iqbal’s poetry in both formal and social settings – Iqbal, Pakistan’s national poet whose birth ...

Rawalpindi Punjab Arts Council in collaboration with All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association organized Kalam-e-Iqbal, Speech and Tableau competitions to mark Iqbal Day in a befitting ...

There is ample proof to suggest that Urdu was considered by the great poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal as the only language for the Muslims of the subcontinent long before the idea was endorsed by ...

KARACHI: For national poet Muhammad Iqbal’s 145th birth anniversary on Tuesday, observers are highlighting the influence of Maulana Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar. Born ...

There were several writers who grappled with these ideas in Urdu literature, however they were not formally conceptualised until Muhammad Hussain Azad, Altaf Hussain Hali and Shibli Nomani began to ...

This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term ‘progressivism’ and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature. It ...

For Pakistan's national poet Allama Iqbal 145th birth anniversary on Tuesday, observers are highlighting the influence of Mevlana, or Maulana Rumi, a 13th century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar ...