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Dear Readers,
While All Things Pakistan has remained alive and online, it has been dormant since June 11, 2011 - when, on the blog's 5th anniversary, we decided that it was time to move on. We have been heartened by your messages and the fact that a steady traffic has continued to enjoy the archived content on ATP. While the blog itself will remain dormant, we are now beginning to add occasional (but infrequent) new material by the original authors of the blog, mostly to archive what they may now publish elsewhere. We will also be updating older posts to make sure that new readers who stumble onto this site still find it useful.
We hope you will continue to find ATP a useful venue to reflect upon and express your Pakistaniat. - Editors
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kamaal-e-zabt ko Khud bhii to aazamaa_uuNgii
main apane haath se us kii dulhan sajaa_uuNgii
supurd kar ke use chaaNdanii ke haathon
main apane ghar ke aNdheron ko lauT aa_uuNgii
badan ke karb ko vo bhii samajh na paayegaa
main dil men rouuNgii aaNkhon men muskuraa_uuNgii
vo kyaa gayaa ke rafaaqat ke saare lutf gaye
main kis se ruuTh sakuuNgii kise manaa_uuNgii
vo ik rishtaa-e-benaam bhii nahiin lekin
main ab bhii us ke ishaaron pe sar jhukaa_uuNgii
bichhaa diyaa thaa gulaabon ke saath apanaa vajuud
vo so ke uThe to Khvaabon kii raakh uThaa_uuNgii
ab us kaa fan to kisii aur se manasuub huaa
main kis kii nazm akele men gun_gunaa_uuNgii
vo to Khushbuu hai havaaon men bikhar jaayegaa
masalaa phuul ka hai phuul kidhar jaayegaa
ham to samajhe the ke ek zaKhm hai bhar jaayegaa
kyaa Khabar thii ke rag-e-jaaN men utar jaayegaa
vo havaaon kii tarah Khaanaa_bajaaN phirataa hai
ek jhonkaa hai jo aayegaa guzar jaayegaa
vo jab aayegaa to phir us kii rafaaqat ke liye
mausam-e-gul mere aaNgan men Thahar jaayegaa
aaKhirash vo bhii kahiin ret pe baiThii hogii
teraa ye pyaar bhii dariyaa hai utar jaayegaa
Parveen Shakir