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Poets from Karachi
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The list Poets from Karachi includes
Raees Warsi, Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Maulvi Abdul Haq, Ashfaq Hussain and Josh Malihabadi.
The list consists of 40 members.
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Karachi
Metropolis in Sindh, Pakistan
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Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
Islamic Scholar
Overview: Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadri Razvi Ziaee (Urdu: محمد الیاس قادری رضوی ضیائی) known as Attar (عطار), is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar and main leader of Dawat-e-Islami who is also known for e ...
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Raees Warsi
Pakistani writer
Overview: Raees Warsi (Urdu: رئیس وارثی , born 1 March 1963, Alternately Spelled Raies Warsi) is a Pakistani American Urdu poet, journalist, lyricist, TV anchor and social worker. He has blended conte ... 0
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Maulvi Abdul Haq
Urdu scholar and linguist
Overview: Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, whom some call Baba-e-Urdu (Urdu: بابائے اردو) (Father of Urdu). Abdul Haq was a champion ...Date of birth: 1870Date of death: 1961Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Josh Malihabadi
Indian poet (1898–1982)
Overview: Josh Malihabadi (Urdu: جوش ملیح آبادی) (born as Shabbir Hasan Khan; شبیر حسن خان) (5 December 1898 – 22 February 1982) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) is regarded as one ...Date of birth: 5 December 1894Date of death: 22 February 1982Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Poet 0
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Iftikhar Arif
Urdu poet
Overview: Iftikhar Hussain Arif (Urdu: افتخار حسین عارف; born 21 March 1944), is an Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur from Pakistan. His style is romantic Urdu poetry. He has headed the Pakistan Academy ... 0
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Harris Khalique
Poet and writer
Overview: Harris Khalique (Urdu: حارث خلیق; born 20 October 1966) is a Pakistani poet in Urdu and English and a civil society activist. Khalique has authored nine collections of poetry and two books ... 0
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Obaidullah Aleem
Poet
Overview: Obaidullah Aleem (Urdu: عبیدالله علیم, 12 June 1939 – 18 May 1998) was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.Date of birth: 1939Date of death: 18 May 1998Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Ashfaq Hussain
Pakistani writer
Overview: For the author of Gentleman Bismillah, see Colonel Ashfaq Hussain 0
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Ada Jafri
First female Urdu poet
Overview: Ada Jafarey (Urdu: ادؔا جعفری : Adā Jaʿfrī) (PP, TI), often spelled Ada Jafri (22 August 1924 – 12 March 2015), was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major female Urdu poet to be pu ...Date of birth: 22 August 1924Date of death: 12 March 2015Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: PoetGender: Female 0
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Overview: Syed Ali Muhammad Rizvi (Urdu: سيد على محمد رضوى, born 1940, died April 2000), popularly known as Sachay or Sachay Bhai, was a famous poet and hymner of Karbala. He was initially based in Karachi ...Date of birth: 1940Date of death: 18 April 2000Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Shabnam Romani
Pakistani poetOverview: Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai (December 30, 1928 – February 17, 2009), known in literary circles by his takhallus (pen name) Shabnam Romani (Urdu: شبنم رومانی ), was a renowned Urdu poet based in ...Date of birth: 30 December 1928Date of death: 17 February 2009Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Dilawar Figar
Pakistani writerOverview: Dilawar Figar, (1929–1998) was a Pakistani humorist, poet. He was known as Shehansha-e-Zarafat (King of humor) and Akbar-e-Sani for his satire and humour.Date of birth: 8 July 1929Date of death: 25 January 1998Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Jamiluddin Aali
Writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926–2015)Overview: Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI (20 January 1925 – 23 November 2015), better known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar ...Date of birth: 20 January 1926Date of death: 23 November 2015Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Writer 0
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Tabish Dehlvi
PoetOverview: Masood-ul-Hasan Tabish, TI, (Urdu: تابش دہلوی) (born November 9, 1913 - September 23, 2004) was an Urdu poet.Date of birth: 11 November 1911Date of death: 1 September 2004Age: 92 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Fahmida Riaz
Pakistani writer
Overview: Fahmida Riaz (Urdu: فہمیدہ ریاض) (28 July 1946 – 21 November 2018) was a Progressive Urdu writer, poet, human rights activist and feminist of Pakistan. She authored many books, of which some are ...Date of birth: 28 July 1946Date of death: 22 November 2018Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Rais Amrohvi
Pakistani poet
Overview: Rais Amrohvi (Urdu: رئیس امروہوی), whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988) was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia. He was known for his style ...Date of birth: 1914Date of death: 1988Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: JournalistGender: Male 0
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Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee
Pakistani writerOverview: Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (Urdu: شان الحق حقی), Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam, was a notable Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer ...Date of birth: 15 December 1917Date of death: 11 October 2005Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Jon Elia
Pakistani academic
Overview: Syed Hussain Jaun Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia (Urdu: جون ایلیا, 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pak Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother ...Date of birth: 14 December 1931Date of death: 8 November 2002Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: Writer 0
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Parveen Shakir
Pakistani poet (1952–1994)
Overview: Parveen Shakir PP (Urdu: پروین شاکر; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1995) was a Pakistani poet, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which ...Date of birth: 24 November 1952Date of death: 26 December 1994Age: 42 (age at death)Nationality: PakistaniOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Waheeda Naseem
Pakistani writerOverview: Waheeda Naseem, also known as Naseem, was a Pakistani novelist, poet, short story writer and fiction writer.Date of death: 28 October 1996 0
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