Category: Poetry
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How To Make Karachi The Worst City In The World
The recent report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) revealed that Karachi came 5th in the list of worst cities of the world sandwiched between Lagos, Nigeria and Douala Cameroon. The Sindh High Density Development Board Bill 2010 passed as Bill No.14 of 2010 has changed its shape three times. It was first Bill No.11 of…
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Poem: The Flour Deaths
Do we need? The Prime Minister House The President’s palace The great old parliament The Muppets of our bureaucracy The old feudal lords, And the thousands acres The old hands of dictators And the warmth of lies From the leaders of our present
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Poem: Balochistan
Guest blog by Asim THEY NEED OUR HELP, SUPPORT AND ALL WHAT WE CAN DO, AS THEY ARE US, AND WE ARE THEM in this hour of their need. I am beyond those limitations Of suffering and indifference Years of neglect, and its toll The divine gifts and its effect All in presence, all to…
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Swat
Wrapped up in million stars this old sky, As they stare from little windows of existence From the wooden bridge, in the mountains As the mist rises in its colors of remembrance, There lies the valley, where beauty is suicidal There lies home, where protection is nature All in there, fleeting glance or permanence The…
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In Memory of Ahmed Faraz
I remember his verses In his trails, words of revolution In his thoughts, words of gold Now carry we will, in our way In continuation, to find What became a dream? For the poet, for our friend A blessed soul, of our own Not borrowed, not stolen One of our own, the Faraz We will…
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Long Live Pakistan
As they sway in with their voices Of change, with promises of difference Nowhere to be seen, the architects Just simple glances, just the routine Celebrate we will, our poverty and hunger As we roll these flags, across our chests Long live Pakistan, long live our nation Only hope, only hope and just the prayers…
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It Is All What I Have
It is all what I have, My soul and my existence Imprinted and embedded In these lines, drawn and felt In this star and crescent Long are those trails and hidden Stories of my ancestors Some in me and some in graves In its lap, intoxicated in its slumber My old remains, my ancestors Years…
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The Flag’s Complaint : a Poetic Pledge!
Guest Post by Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi In this poem, the flag of Pakistan summons the common Pakistani citizen and expresses its grief on the countrywide mourning of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, moreover it levels some complaints and reminiscences old times! 17 crore people asleep and someone cried wake up from apathy, Bhutto died! Sea of…
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Aik Mehkoom Apney Neem Hakeem Se
Guest Post Sophia Ali Does anyone remember the incomparable Malika Pukhraj singing “Abhi to main Jawan hoon”? I have evoked Hafeez Jalandhari sahib’s hypnotic cadences with a dash of black humour and a burning question about missing Pakistanis. I use the word Hakeem on purpose rather than Hakim to denote the self appointed Dictator/Doctor of…
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This Grain Of Truth – A tribute to Muneer Malik
Guest post by Sophia Ali An immeasurable wave of rage and pride rises up in me every time I watch the video of Muneer Malik speaking from his hospital bed. Here is a Pakistani hero whose voice was tortured to a whisper, yet they couldn’t subdue the volume of his incredible spirit, a radiance that…