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The Poetry of Dilawar Figar

Posted on May 30, 2008
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Shahran Asim
As part of my effort to introduce humorous poets of Pakistan on this blog (here and here) I am bringing a post on Dilawar Figar today.
My personal recollections of Dilawar Figar was in 1996 when he was invited along with other noted personalities in a Roo-Baroo program. He recited his very interesting poetry which [...]

The Poetry of Inayat Ali Khan

Posted on April 10, 2008
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Shahran Asim
This post also contains two audio files of Inayat’s poems.
The reason I started wrote this post is because I saw a repost on Anwar Masood and I thought that we should also start introducing some more humor for ATP readers. I think these post serves a breath of fresh air in the current situation [...]

Khalid Irfan: Humorous Urdu Poet from New York

Posted on February 3, 2007
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Guest Post by Shahran Asim
I recently called up on Khalid Irfan and requested him to appear on Urdu Talk Radio, to which he graciously agreed upon. Urdu Talk Radio - now available on the internet- is one of the oldest Urdu talk show services in Noth America and airs live every Sunday from 1pm-4pm EST [...]