Islamabad: The death anniversary of Ahmed Faraz, one of the greatest Pakistani Urdu poets, will be observed on August 25.
Ahmed Faraz was born in Kohat on January 14, 1931. He was considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century.
Outspoken about politics, he went into self-imposed exile during the Zia-ul-Haq era after he was arrested for reciting certain poems at a poetry reading session (mushaira) criticising the military rule.
He
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