Poets/Writers From Pakistan
Total: 152
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
One of the most celebrated and popular poets. Faced political repression for his revolutionary views.
Aabid Barelvi
Aarzu Lakhnavi
Aazam Chishti
Abdul Hameed Adam
- Born : Gujranwala
- Domicile : Lahore
- Shrine : Lahore
Abdul Majeed Salik
Abdul Sattar Niazi
- Born : Punjab
- Domicile : Faisalabad
- Shrine : Faisalabad
Abr Shah Warsi
Adeeb Raipuri
Adeeb Saharanpuri
- Born : Saharanpur
- Domicile : Karachi
- Shrine : Karachi
Pre-modern poet, known for blending the best of the classical and the modernist
Afsar Siddiqi Amrohvi
- Shrine : Karachi
Ahmad Faraz
- Born : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Domicile : Islamabad
- Shrine : Islamabad
Pakistani poet, only second to Faiz Ahmad Faiz in popularity. Rose to iconic stature powered by his seductively romantic and anti-establishment poetry.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
Aiyub Ali Razvi
Akhtar Aligarhi
Ali Haidar Multani
- Domicile : Kazia
- Shrine : Toba Tek Singh
Allama Iqbal
Altaf Mashhadi
Revolutionary, romantic poet, playwright & lyricist, known for his poem ‘Jhoom ke Utho watan aazad karne ke liye’
Amanat Ali Nizami
Ambar Warsi
Ameer Bakhsh Sabri
- Born : Bulandshahar
- Domicile : Lahore
- Shrine : Lahore
Amjad Sabri
Ansaar Allahabadi
Asadur Rahman Qudsi
Ausaf Ali Shah
Baba Farid
Twelfth century preacher,among the most distinguished and revered Sufis of the Middle Ages. His shrine is located in Pakpattan, Pakistan.
Bahauddin Zakariya Multani
Bari Nizami
- Born : Toba Tek Singh
- Domicile : Faisalabad
- Shrine : Faisalabad
Behzad Lakhnavi
Bulleh Shah
Famous Punjabi Sufi poet who still feels contemporary.
Daim Iqbal Daim
- Born : Mandi Bahauddin
- Domicile : Mandi Bahauddin
- Shrine : Mandi Bahauddin
Dard Kakorvi
Data Sahib
Great Pakistani Sufi and the author of Kashf-ul-Mahjoob.
Diwana Nizami
- Shrine : Narowal
Dr. Aiyub Qadri
- Born : Uttar Pradesh
- Domicile : Karachi
- Shrine : Karachi
Ehsan Danish
One of the most popular poets in the fourth and fifth decades of 20th century, contemporary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz.
Fateh Ali Khan
- Born : Jalandhar
- Domicile : Karachi
- Shrine : Faisalabad
Ghulam Hasan Multani
Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani
- Born : Golra Sharif
- Domicile : Golra Sharif
- Shrine : Golra Sharif
Ghulam Muhammad Jaloanvi
- Born : Toba Tek Singh
- Domicile : Faisalabad
- Shrine : Faisalabad
Ghulam Muhiuddin Gilani
- Born : Golra Sharif
- Domicile : Golra Sharif
- Shrine : Golra Sharif