#ajmal khattak poetry

[pashto-literature]

اے دَ ګلو څا نګی ستا ځوانی دِ تل رنګینه وی

oh the branch of flower, i wish your youth shines on forever

ما غوندۍ زړه ستړے به دِ سوري ته دمے کوۍ

a man with a tired heart like me can rest in your shadow.

[emergingkarachi]

List of Famous Pakistani Poets

Pakistan has a rich and diverse tradition of poetry that includes Urdu poetry, English poetry, Sindhi poetry, Pashto poetry, Punjabi poetry, Saraiki poetry, Baluchi poetry, and Kashmiri poetry. Sufi poetry has a strong tradition in Pakistan and the poetry of popular Sufi poets is often recited and sung.

Persian poetry is still common in Pakistan as a literary vehicle because of the centuries of Persian influence on the region. Many Sufi poets wrote their Kalam in Persian. Pakistan's national poet Allama Mohammad Iqbal also wrote many volumes of poetry in Persian.

Poetry is widely read across Pakistan. Gatherings for the recitations of poetry known as Mushaira frequently take place. Verses of popular poets are also used as political slogans by political activists. The national poet of Pakistan is Muhammad Iqbal.

Urdu poetry

Main article: Urdu poetry

Ahmad Faraz

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Amjad Islam Amjad

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Ahmed Faraz

Parveen Shakir

Tanwir Phool

Fehmida Riaz

Habib Jalib

Hafeez Jullundhri

Hakim Ahmad Shuja

Iftikhar Arif

John Elia

Josh Malihabadi

Kishwar Naheed

Majeed Amjad

Mehmood Sham

Mohsin Naqvi

Mohsin Bhopali

Munir Niazi

Nasir Kazmi

Qateel Shifai

Shakeb Jalali

Raees Warsi

Comical poetry

Anwar Masood

Dilawar Figar

Zamir Jafri

English poetry

Daud Kamal

Alamgir Hashmi

Zulfikar Ghose

Shahid Suhrawardy

Maki Kureishi

Kaleem Omar

Omer Tarin

Punjabi poetry

Bulleh Shah

Fariduddin Ganjshakar

Mian Muhammad Bakhsh

Waris Shah

Sultan Bahu

Shah Hussain

Ustad Daman

Saraiki poetry

Khawaja Farid

Sachal Sarmast

Bulleh Shah

Sultan Bahu

Hindko Poetry

Sindhi poetry

Shah Abdul Latif

Sachal Sarmast

Lal Shahbaz Qalander

Shah Inayatullah

Shaikh Ayaz

Pashto poetry

Khushal Khan Khattak

Rahman Baba

Ameer Hamza Shinwari

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan

Ajmal Khattak