Pakistan and its people have inherited rich cultural heritage of poetry from the pre-partition era. This heritage included great names in Urdu and Persian poetry, like Mirza Ghalib, Momim, Dard, Mir ...

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LAHORE: Pakistanis are generally passionate about poetry but the walled city of Lahore recently buzzed with a different kind of mushaira when it hosted the second annual Pakistan Poetry Slam (PPS) ...

“Whose mischief created a world of beseechers? Each petitioner is seen wearing a garment of paper.” This line, by the famous Mughul poet Ghalib, refers to what he claimed to be an ancient Persian ...

The programme 'Haste Hasaate' will start at 9pm and continue for more than three hours sending out a clear message of love and peace as poets from both the countries shatter cultural and linguistic ...

This line from Ghalib refers to what he claimed to be ancient Persian tradition of petitioners wearing paper before entering the courts to get justice. Indeed, for a country that has a low literacy ...