“This idea is also present in Pashto poetry; we exaggerate issues related ... The session was chaired by Raj Wali Khattak, one of the top literary figures of Pashto, and moderated by writer ...

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 ...

PESHAWAR: Renowned Pashto poet Professor Abaseen Yousafzai launched his third poetry collection Maraam on Thursday after a gap of more than 10 years. To formally launch the book, literary ...

PESHAWAR: The first book of young Pashto writer Iman Hussain Kainat has ... meaningful metaphors and appealing idioms in her poetry. Being a keen observer, Iman Hussain Kainat has deeply studied ...

New themes and terms, such as suicide attack, missile and helicopter have entered Pashto literature, especially poetry, reflecting the destructive nature of the insurgency and counter-insurgency ...

Khyber Pashto Adabi Jirga had organised an event in this regard in his shrine in Landi Kotal. Professor Tawan Shah Masroor and Aslam Taseer read out their research papers on the life, poetry and ...

He stayed away from the Western sonnet like rhyming couplets called Ghazal in Pashto, Persian and Urdu poetry. Instead he focused on nazam, or poems that are narrative and descriptive in addition to ...