I was thir­teen when I first heard the song “Man­wa Re” by Noori Sing, to the rhythm of drum, sing!Sing, with the joy of the heart, sing!Your every pain….by hid­ing itDance and make every­one dance… You …

When­ev­er I was sad, my dad used to recite this poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and it always filled me with home: غم نہ کر Do not grieve, do not grieveThe hurt will sub­side, Friends will arrive, do …

After years of strug­gle, Pak­istan final­ly gained inde­pen­dence in 1947. The inde­pen­dent press *Pak­istan Times* came soon after, with Faiz Ahmed Faiz as its edi­tor. It was a pro­gres­sive, left-lean­ing news­pa­per mod­eled after the …

A translation of the poem "ḳhudā vo vaqt na laa.e" by the Pakistani poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

A translation of the poem "Ashar" by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.