A session on 'Urdu Ghazal New Formations' was held at the 14th International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, which was moderated by Nasira Zuberi. On this occasion, Ambreen ...
In July 1972, when former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfeqar Ali Bhutto came to India to sign the landmark Simla Agreement on ...
Legendary poet Bashir Badr, a Padma Shri awardee who wrote famous couplets like "Ujale apni yaadon ke hamare saath rehne do", ...
On May 28, 2026, the last of the progenitors of modern Urdu poetry, Bashir Badr, left the grand mushaira of the living and ...
For the millennials, a Jagjit Singh playlist will begin with “Koi Fariyaad” from Tum Bin. And for a generation before that, it can be “Tum Itna Jo” from Arth. The two movies might be over two decades ...
Padma Shri recipient Bashir Badr, a celebrated Urdu poet, passed away in Bhopal after a long illness. His ghazals bridged ...
An alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, Bashir Badr authored several books of ghazals and literary criticism of the form.
Legendary Urdu poet Bashir Badr passed away at the age of 91, leaving behind a timeless legacy of simple yet deeply emotional ...
Mehdi Hassan, the Pakistani classical singer renowned for singing ghazal, a form of Urdu lyric verse, has died at age 84. He died on Wednesday in the port city of Karachi after a long illness, ...