A BIZARRE situation is emerging in Pakistani Urdu literature. On one hand, booksellers usually bemoan that reading habits ...

In this episode of Urdunama, host Fabeha Syed turns to one of Ghalib’s most well-known ghazals, ‘Koi Umeed Bar Nahin Aati’, ...

Her first poetry collection, Khushbu, published in 1976, brought her immediate recognition at both national and international ...

Rekhta Foundation on Friday launched its own Amazon Alexa skill where poetry lovers can enjoy hundreds of Urdu poems and shers (couplets) according to poets and genres like love, sadness as well as ...

KARACHI: On the second day of the four-day “18th World Urdu Conference- 2025 titled “ Celebration of Pakistan” organized by ...

Writer, translator and literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil’s critical work on Urdu progressives and other writers is well-recognised as are her translations from Urdu. In her latest book, Love in the ...

The 19th death anniversary of Urdu and Punjabi poet Munir Niazi is also being observed today. Born on April 9, 1923, in the ...

As December descended, people all over the country could finally sense a relief from their pangs of a year-long wait for ...