aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
One of the pillars of modern Urdu Nazms & dialogue writer. Wrote dialogues for more than a hundred films. "Jinke apne ghar sheeshe ke hon vo doosron par patthar nahin phenka karte" - one of his dialogues made famous by Rajkumar in the film Waqt.
To Akhtar ul Iman, life is a continuous passing of time, or 'Guzraan'. His poetry is the art of capturing this fleeting time, invisible moments, and past memories into the shape of words.
Abul Fitrat Meer Zaidi
Muneer Niyazi
Noon Meem Rashid
Daud Ghazi
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Saghar Nizami
Meeraji
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Sahir Ludhianvi
Shahzadi Kulsum
Yusuf Zafar
Pirzada Qasim
Ada Jafarey
Parveen Shakir
Shaanul Haq Haqqi
Qateel Shifai
Ali Sardar Jafri
Jameel Mazhari
Akhtar Shirani
Allama Iqbal
