ISLAMABAD: The death anniversary of renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet Munir Niazi is being observed on Monday and fans of the decorated poet remembered him and his poetry.
Munir Niazi’s Urdu poetry work includes “Taiz Hawa aur Tanha Phool”, “Jungle main Dhanak” and “Mah-e-Munir” while he published three of his works in Punjabi namely, “Safar di Raat”, “Char Chup Cheezan” and “Rasta Dasan Walay Teray.” He died in Lahore on December 26, 2006.
Meanwhile, the death anniversary of eminent Urdu poet Parveen Shakir is also being observed.
Parveen was born in 1952 and started writing at a very early age with her pen name Beena. Her first collection of poetry called “Khusbu” published in 1977 earned her a huge fame. Her famous poetry books include “Mah-e-Tamam”, “Sad-Barg “, Khud’kalaami” and “Inkar”. She died on this day in a car accident in Islamabad in 1994. (Edited by Khadijah Kamili)
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