فیض میلہ:صرف پی ٹی آئی منسٹر کی شرکت پہ غصہ کیوں؟ – ریاض ملک: ہم لوگ صرف پی ٹی آئی کے وزیر فیاض الحسن چوہان کی موجودگی سے ہی کیوں خود کو زخم خوردہ محسوس کرتے ہیں؟ کیا کسی کو حامد میر کا تعصب اور طالبان کے ساتھ یاریاں یاد ہیں؟ کیا ہم

عاشوراء محرم اور ترقی پسند : بدنام نہ ہوں گے تو کیا نام نہ ہوگا – عامر حسینی: اس مرتبہ محرم الحرام کے آغاز سے ہی ” مجالس عزاء اور جلوس ہائے عاشوراء ” کے خلاف سماجی رابطے کی ویب سائٹوں پر بدترین پروپیگنڈے کا آغاز ہوگیا اور دائیں بازو دیوبندی اور سلفی تکفیریوں کی جانب سے

استعماری جبریت اور فیض کا فلسفہ رجائیت – از سید شبیر حسین شاہ شہید:

Selected Authors : KLF – by Stand Truth: The only problem with these kind of festivals and activities is that this is for elite class “Burger” people of Defense and Clifton area. Any Book publisher or any artistic organization in Pakistan does not want to reach the

فیض احمد فیض کی نایاب نظمیں: فیض صاحب کی برسی کے موقع پر ایک نظم حاضر خدمت ہے جو انہوں نے ١٩٦٣ میں ٹہری سندھ میں وہابی دیوبندی تکفیریوں کے ہاتھوں شہید ہونے والے ١١٨ شیعہ مسلمانوں پر لکھی .. …. ……. فیض صاحب کی

فیض احمد فیض، ریل گاڑی اور دیسی سوشلزم:   نہیں صاحب، یہ کسی سرمایہ دار اشراف کی کہانی نہیں، یہ کہانی ہے برصغیر کے دیسی سوشلزم کی، پڑھیے اور سر دھنیے – کیا کوئی سوشلسٹ، مارکسسٹ صرف اپنی ضرورت یا ترجیح کے لیے ریل گاڑی کی دیگر

فیض صاحب ! ہم آپ کو نہیں بهولے – عامر حسینی: کل فیض احمد فیض کی 30 ویں برسی تھی ،گویا فیض کو اس جہاں سے گزرے تیس برس ہوگئے اور تیس سال پہلے جب فیض صاحب کا انتقال ہوا تها تو اس وقت میری مسیں ہی بهیگی تهیں اور

Faiz Ahmed Faiz and other Marxists remained silent on Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan – by Abdul Nishapuri: Ahmadi persecution commenced in Pakistan in 1950s wheren radical Deobandi, Wahhabi and other Sunni Islamists led by outfits eg Ahrar, Khatm-e-Nabuwat, Jamaat-e-Islami organized a hateful campaign against the Ahmadiyya community. Faiz Ahmed Faiz and other Marxists, socialists and atheists

Converting Atheism into Islamism – by Peja Mistri: In the late 80’s when I completed my higher secondary school, I was already into reading books, not only the textbooks but all kinds of books. In my small town there was only one public library which had enough

Faiz Peace Festival should not neglect genocide of Shias, Sunni Barelvis and Balochs – by Aamir Hussaini: A comrade of Awami Worker Party wrote that 5000 people were in Faiz Peace Festival. Another comrade of Awami Workers Party called that gathering as a refutation of the myth of depicting Faiz as poet of elite. I am

Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s silence on Pakistan army’s atrocities in Bangladesh – by Hasan Mujtaba: Veteran journsalist Hasan Mujtaba has written an excellent piece on the Pakistanis honoured by the Government of Bangladesh led by Awami league for their support to the people of bangladesh against the state of Pakistan when they were suffering

Vo Jang: You claim that the battle is already over? – by Dr. Taimur Rahman: “You claim that the battle is already over, in which no one has even set foot.” (Faiz) Making this new music video “Vo Jang” was one of the hardest tasks that I’ve had to accomplish as a director. I

This All Began in 1947: The Jihadist Operations of Pakistani State: Related post: This too was Pakistan (1947-71): A response to Nadeem Paracha’s “Also Pakistan” General Zia-ul-Haq and to a lesser extent Zulfikar Ali Bhutto are often blamed for using or cultivating non-State actors (Jihadi proxies) to promote Pakistan’s (or

Independence Day Poem نذر فیض – by Zulifqar Ali: نذر فیض نہ داغ داغ اجالہ، نہ شب گزیدہ سحر نہ دل پسند مگر، اب تو وہ سحر بھی نھیں شب گزیدہ سھی، بھت سا نور تھا اس میں تھی داغ داغ مگر، تھی تو اک سحر پھر بھی

Faiz: The Idol Breaker! – by Saad Ahmed Javed: Faiz Ahmed Faiz might not be as terribly needed yesterday as today. A country where strongmen like Sulman Taseer can be assassinated for their unconventional religious views, can we expect from it to treat its “weakmen” fairly for similar

Hasan Nasir: ‘We, who were murdered in the darkest lanes’: Today, November 13, marks the death anniversary of Hasan Nasir Shaheed who was succumbed to death in infamous Lahore Fort’s chamber of horrors in 1960 by Pakistani state. Scion of an aristocratic family of Hyderabad, Deccan, Hasan Nasir was a

Faiz aur un ki nazm “Kuttay”: جب ہم نے پہلی بار فیض احمد فیض کی نظم ‘کتے’ پڑھی تو بڑا برا لگا، نہ صرف یہ کہ یہ  نظم کچھ غیر ادبی بلکہ بڑی حد تک بے ادبی لگی ، کہاں وہ غازی اور پر اسرار

On the 100th birthday of Faiz, can we promise him? – by Naveed Ali: 13 February 2011 is Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s 100th birthday. A lot has been written on him and a lot will be written. Generations have been inspired by his words and he has been widely read in the world. We

People’s Poet of Balochistan: Commemorating Mir Gul Khan Nasir: 5th December is the death anniversary of People’s Poet of Balochistan, Mir Gul Khan Nasir. He was a prominent progressive poet, politician, historian, and journalist of Balochistan, Pakistan. Born on 14 May 1914 in Noshki. His father’s name was

Ye Iqbal nahin Faiz ka daur hae -by Arshad Mahmood:

Poets and Hawks: On Pak India War Hysteria by Farooq Sulehria: Once again Pak India peace dialogue is underway, this time between the foreign ministers. Too much is posted and published on the various aspects of Paki India relations, basic issues, Kashmir conflicts, the newly hyped water conflict etc etc.

Faiz on Iqbal – by Farooq Sulehria: Few students of Pakistani literature know that Faiz Ahmed Faiz translated Allama Iqbal’s Payam-e-Mashriq into Urdu. An equally little-known fact is Iqbal’s presence at the founding conference of the Progressive Writers Association. While Iqbal, being the national poet of

Kidhray na paindiyan dassaan: In memory of Faiz Ahmed Faiz: vs Faiz Ahmed Faiz (February 13, 1911-November 20, 1984) Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Not much has been written about the relationship between Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Here are a few pieces which demonstrate