AMIR Hamza Khan Shinwari, or Hamza Baba as he is known, started writing poetry in Urdu when he was only in grade five. But his spiritual guide, Syed Abdul Sattar Shah Baacha, asked him to switch to ...

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PESHAWAR: One of the leading ghazal poets of southern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Rahmatullah Dard, passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness in his home village of Masti Khel in Lakki Marwat. His ...

PESHAWAR: Two Pashto writers, poets and critics – Rajwali Shah Khattak and Shamsul Qamar Andesh –passed away in 2015, leaving a piercing void in the hearts of their fans. Researcher, scholar, poet, ...

The 29th death anniversary of renowned Pashto poet, writer, novelist, translator and the father of Pashto ghazal Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari was observed. Amir Hamza Shinwari was born in Landi Kotal.

“Insaan yem, da fitrat pa taqazo ke na raazam, Shaheen yem, da karghano pa panjo ke na raazam, Yaw sind yem da sehba, da perzonay waham josh, Laikin za da kam-zarfo pa kaaso ke na raazam” — Amir Hamza ...

he Pashto literary circle of Karachi has made significant contributions to the promotion of Pashto literature for the last three decades. Riaz Tasnim was one of the people who provided Pashto with ...

The 29th death anniversary of renowned Pashto poet, writer, novelist, translator and the father of Pashto ghazal Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari was observed on Sunday. Shinwari was born in Landi Kotal.