Rehman Baba’s Mausoleum in Peshawar Blown Up

Posted on March 5, 2009
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Owais Mughal Khudaya dasey tanha na kei souk pe gham kei, laka ze da yaar pe gham kei yum tanha! Na ba ma ghundei shaheed wi pe jahan kei, ne ba ta ghundei dilbar shi bal paida! Lord, do not make anyone lonely in sorrow like I am alone in grief for my beloved! Never […]

Book Review: deewan-i-Transport

Posted on February 15, 2009
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Owais Mughal Just last week, I got hold of this poetry book which blew me away. I thought this was the book that I had been waiting for. ‘tha intizaar jis ka, woh shahkaar aa gaya’. Mr. S.M. Shaiq has collected almost 400 ashaar (verses) written on Pakistani transport and published them in the form […]

Zahid Fakhri: Raati kaiRey daftar lagday?

Posted on December 26, 2008
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Adil Najam Having produced such humorous poetry giants as Anwar Masood, Dilawar Figar and Khalid Masood Khan, it is obvious that Pakistan is fertile ground for mazahia shayeri. The works of Inayat Ali Khan, Khalid Irfan, and others shows that there is absolutely no dearth of subject matter to laugh at. Another new voice is […]

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