Pakistan | Poems | Punjabi | Urdu
April, 2012Munir Niazi writes wistfully of the past, but he is also a poet of our times. He cherishes both the old and the new, and creates rhythms that evoke the feeling of being on the brink of a possible happy future that remains elusive. In addition to his specific family circumstances, Niazi's migration from East Punjab to West Punjab was a critical event of his early years and affected his life and work deeply. His imaginative world is a living lyric of warm relationships and moments of peace all too often shattered by conflict, violence, or indifference.
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