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Karachi is awash today with the blood of Pakistanis who are innocent bystanders to a turf war that is nothing short of a devils pact. Karachi’s killing fields continue to claim more and more blood because the Pakistani state has allowed criminals and the mafia to win influence in the political field across the political [...]

Tears were shed in my household and up and down all of Pakistan this time last year upon hearing the death of the one and only Ahmed Faraz.  Upon reflection it is as Nadeem Arif Najmi wrote that ‘Faraz Marte Nahin’,  indeed Ahmed Faraz can and did never die, moreover he defeated death and became [...]

The masses are out in force in Lahore and all over the land of the pure as I write this post. My leaders Aitzaz Ahsan, Javed Hashmi to name two have been arrested while Ali Ahmed Kurd and Munir A Malik have been refused permission to leave Quetta and Karachi respectively. Nawaz Sharif has bravely [...]

The people of Swat and the legend that is Ahmed Faraz are never far from my thoughts. After the death and destruction engineered by the maniac Mullah, hope hangs in the air and at the mercy of the gun-toting goons of Fazlullah. The words of the great Ahmed Faraz in his nazm‘ Mat Qatl Karo [...]

 GUEST BLOG by Nadeem Arif Najmi The following moving tribute to Ahmed Faraz saab is posted by Nadeem Arif Najmi. It pays a rich tribute to a legend who lives on, the words do all the talking: Hijr e Faraz Main Muhibe-watan kahun ya shaheed-e-wafaa likhun  Tujhe mujahid kahun ya sukhan ka badshah likhun   Teri [...]

The one and only Ahmed Faraz is no more. Today Pakistan has lost its most precious son, it is a day of mourning for a nation now bereft of its last living legend, may he rest in eternal peace and may ALLAH grant this great man the highest abodes in JANNAT. FEIMANALLAH FARAZ SAAB  – [...]

The legend that is Ahmed Faraz is as I write this post fighting for his life. Earlier reports of his demise have thankfully proved false and this post serves as a heartfelt appeal to all Pakistanis inside and outside of Pakistan to pray for Faraz saab. Faraz saab is Pakistan’s most eminent living poet and literary genius. [...]