The deat
h anniversary of prominent poet Hafeez Hoshiarpuri was observed on Wednesday. He was born on January 5, 1912, in Hoshiarpur, India. He was a genius and very prominent among Urdu poets of his time. Famo
us poems of Hafeez Hoshiarpuri
are Teri talash mein ham jab kabhi nikalte hain, ‘Mohabbat karne vaale kam na honge,’ etc. Hafeez was the ustad of Nasir Kazmi, who later
became one of the renowned poets of the Urdu language and began writing ghazals unde
r his teacher’s guidance. Hafeez died on January 10, 1973, in Karachi.