He was best known for his progressive writings which were as popular in pre-Partition India as he was appreciated across the world for his ghazals and shers. One of the most celebrated and popular ...

Most of us recognise Faiz Ahmad Faiz for his immortal poetry. Few are aware that Faiz was also a prolific prose writer and that too in English. In 1947, he was asked by the great progressive of ...

Lyricist-poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz is one of the most celebrated and popular poets who faced political repression for his revolutionary views. He was born on February 13, 1911 in Kala Qader(Faiz Nagar ...

It is, however, crucial to bear in mind that Faiz Ahmad Faiz was just not another political poet. While his poetry came with a political message, it has been immortalized for its literary value.

Born into a Tataley Jat family on 13 February 1911, in Sialkot, India, which is now part of Pakistan, legendary Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a hardcore Marxist. Fairly strict diction, his poems ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Humanism was the manifesto of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, who was the voice of the suffering humanity and a staunch advocate of freedom of speech. This was stated by speakers at the ...

Late one evening, over lukewarm tea, in the middle of discussing gay history and rights in South Asia, historian Saleem Kidwai quoted a nazm by Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Its famous first ...

LAHORE, March 12: Human rights crusader, peace activist and wife of poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Alys Faiz, passed away here on Wednesday morning at the age of 88. She had been unwell for some time and ...