Pakistani poetry
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Pakistan’s tradition of poetry includes Urdu poetry, English poetry, Sindhi poetry, Pashto poetry, Punjabi poetry, Saraiki poetry, Baluchi poetry, and Kashmiri poetry. Sufi poetry has a strong tradition in Pakistan and the poetry of popular Sufi poets is often recited and sung.
Urdu poets[]
- Ahmad Faraz
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
- Amjad Islam Amjad
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Parveen Shakir
- Fehmida Riaz
- Habib Jalib
- Hafeez Jullundhri
- Hakim Ahmad Shuja
- Iftikhar Arif
- Jaun Elia
- Josh Malihabadi
- Kishwar Naheed
- Majeed Amjad
- Mehmood Sham
- Moeen Nizami
- Mohsin Naqvi
- Mohsin Bhopali
- Munir Niazi
- Nasir Kazmi
- Qateel Shifai
- Shakeb Jalali
- Raees Warsi
Feminist poets[]
- Fehmida Riaz
Comical poets[]
English poets[]
- Daud Kamal
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Zulfikar Ghose
- Shahid Suhrawardy
- Maki Kureishi
- Kaleem Omar
- Athar Tahir
Punjabi poets[]
- Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer
- Bulleh Shah
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
- Waris Shah
- Sultan Bahu
- Shah Hussain
- Ustad Daman
Saraiki poets[]
- Khawaja Farid
- Sachal Sarmast
- Bulleh Shah
- Sultan Bahu
- Shakir Shuja Abadi
Sindhi poets[]
- Adal Soomro
- Ahmad Khan Madhosh
- Ali Gul Sangi
- Bedil
- Imdad Hussaini
- Lal Shahbaz Qalander
- Makhdoom Ameen Fahim
- Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula
- Mir Abdul Rasool Mir
- Mirza Qaleech Baig
- Muhammad Mohsin Bekas
- Muhammad Siddique Musafir
- Parwano Bhatti
- Sarkash Sindhi
- Sawan Faqir
- Shah Abdul Latif
- Sachal Sarmast
- Sikander Khan Khoso
- Tajal Bewas
- Shah Inayatullah
- Shaikh Ayaz
- Sobhraj Nirmaldas Fani
- Ustad Bukhari
Pashto poets[]
- Khushal Khan Khattak
- Rahman Baba
- Ameer Hamza Shinwari
- Khan Abdul Ghani Khan
- Ajmal Khattak
Balochi poetry[]
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References[]
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