INDEX OF Artists

Popular poet stressing ethic values.

Popular poet of mushaira.

Pakistani poet, journalist, and former civil servant.

Prominent Pakistani scholar of Urdu, Persian, and Arabic, and critic.

Widely popular voice in the contemporary Urdu poetry. Writing Ghazal and Nazm primarily, he has created a special place in youth's hearts with his classical-modern style.

One of the prominent Pakistani women poets.

Canada-based Urdu researcher, translator, and physician

A modern short story writer of prominence; also associated with the Urdu department of Aligarh Muslim University.

Poet, author, storyteller, theatre artist, and teacher-educator, equally at ease in Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi. His creative voice bridges languages and cultures, blending literary richness with contemporary sensibility.

Father of famous Urdu scholar and poet Jagannath Azad.

Lecturer of Hindi-Urdu, translator, editor, and textbook author, University of Austin.

Young-generation poet.