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Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
Known as Pakistan’s Faiz today, Ahmad Faraz who came to enthuse the connoisseurs of Urdu poetry at the Mushaira Jashn-e-Bahar in Delhi, has been the ambassador for peace not only as a poet but as the voice of all progressive Pakistanis today. Exiled in 1989 by Gen Zia and disillusioned with the various martial law regimes, he believes that for a harmonious existence, it is of paramount importance that democracy prevails in Pakistan. |
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