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Pakistani poetry. Pakistan has a rich and diverse tradition of poetry. This tradition partakes of Urdu poetry, Pakistan's national language and the regional languages of Pakistan including Sindhi poetry, Pashto poetry, Punjabi poetry, Saraiki poetry, Baluchi Poetry, and Kashmiri poetry. Sufi poetry known as Sufiana Kalam 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 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 thr recitations of poetry known as Mushaira frequently take place. Verses of popular poets are also used as political slogans by political activists.




Allama Mohammad Iqbal - The National Poet of Pakistan

Muhammad Iqbal


Urdu Poetry

Abbas Tabish

Ahmad Faraz

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Amjad Islam Amjad

Ayyub Sabir

Baqi Siddiqui

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Farigh Bukhari

Ahmed Faraz

Parveen Shakir

Fehmida Riaz

Habib Jalib

Iftikhar Arif

Iftikhar Jalib

Jamil Malik

John Elia

Josh Malihabadi

Hafeez Jullundhri

Kishwar Naheed

Majeed Amjad

Mehmood Sham

Mohsin Ihsan

Mohsin Naqvi

Munir Niazi

Nasim-e-Sahar

Nasir Kazmi

Nusrat Zaidi

Qateel Shifai

Raza Hamadani

Riaz Majeed

Sajjad Babar

Shakeb Jalali

Shaukat Wasti

Shehzad Ahmad

Shujaat Ali Rahi

Syed Ishtiaq Hussain KAZMI