LAHORE: Habib Jalib’s passionate recital of his poetry at public gatherings against General Ayub and General Zia’s military dictatorships used to charge up the atmosphere and enable the people to ...
There is no doubt the languages of Pakistan are rich when it comes to resistance poetry. One need not look far; in Urdu alone, names such as Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Ahmad Faraz, Josh Malihabadi, Kishwar ...
ANYONE who has seen Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif reciting “main nahin maanta, main nahin maanta (I do not accept, I do not accept)” in a TV footage of his rally some time back may know the ...
ISLAMABAD: Fans of the literary world and media remembered the legendary revolutionary poet, Habib Jalib on his 32nd death anniversary where social media platforms were flooded with tributes and ...
If Urdu, as a language, has produced any ‘people’s poet’ after Nazeer Akbarabadi, then it is Habib Jalib. Both Habib and Nazeer were representatives of common people and voiced the feelings and ...
It was a warm Sunday afternoon. I was driving while my father sat next to me with his huge pile of Sunday newspapers and magazines. We were on our way to pick up an old friend of his, a retired ...
It was revolutionary poet Habib Jalib’s 25th death anniversary on Monday. The legendary poet spent his life fighting injustice and speaking truth to power. During dictatorial days, he was among the ...
While Lahore is undoubtedly a symbol of hegemonic authority, it is also the city of Habib Jalib, the rebel poet, who challenged this hegemony his entire life. His was one of the loudest voices against ...
Today marks the 26th death anniversary of great revolutionary poet Habib Jalib. Habib Jalib was born on 24 March 1928 in Hoshiarpur of Indian Punjab. Jalib was entitled as the poet of the people by ...
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