Sajjad Zaheer

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Sajjad Zaheer
Born	5 November 1899 Lucknow, United Provinces, India
Died	11 September 1973 (aged 73) Alma Ata, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (then in USSR, now Kazakhstan)
Occupation	Marxist ideologue, writer and poet in Urdu
Nationality	Indian, Pakistani (briefly)
Citizenship	Indian, Pakistani (briefly)
Genre	Ghazal, Drama
Literary movement	Progressive Writers' Movement
Notable works	Angaaray
Spouse	Razia Sajjad Zaheer
Children	4, including Nadira Babbar

Syed Sajjad Zaheer (Urdu: سید سجاد ظہیر‎) (5 November 1899 – 13 September 1973) was an Urdu writer, Marxist ideologue and radical revolutionary who worked in both India and Pakistan. In the pre-independence era, he was a member of the Communist Party of India. Upon independence and partition, he moved to the newly created Pakistan and became a founding member of the Communist Party of Pakistan.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

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NP LP MBE Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Native name	فَیض احمد فَیض
Born	13 February 1911 Kala Qader, Narowal District, Punjab, British India (present-day Faiz Qader, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	20 November 1984 (aged 73) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	poet and journalist
Language	Urdu Russian English Punjabi Arabic Persian
Nationality	British Indian (1911-1947) Pakistani (1947-1984)
Education	Arabic literature B.A., MA English literature Master of Arts
Alma mater	Murray College at Sialkot Government College University Punjab University
Genre	Ghazal, Nazm
Subject	Revolution, justice, love, respect
Literary movement	Progressive Writers' Movement Communist Party of Pakistan
Notable works	Naqsh-e-Faryadi Dast-e-Sabah Zindan-nama
Notable awards	MBE (1946) Nigar Awards (1953) Lenin Peace Prize (1962)[1] HRC Peace Prize Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1990)[1] Avicenna Prize (2006)
Spouse	Alys Faiz
Children	Salima (b. 1942) Muneeza Hashmi (b. 1945)
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE, NI (Urdu: فَیض احمد فَیض ‎), (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) was a Pakistani leftist poet and author, and one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language. Among other accolades, Faiz was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature and won the Lenin Peace Prize.^[2]
Born in Punjab, British India, Faiz went on to study at Government College and Oriental College.^[3] He went on to serve in the British Indian Army and was awarded in the British Empire Medal. After Pakistan's independence, Faiz became the editor to The Pakistan Times and a leading member of the

Sobho Gianchandani

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Sobho Gianchandani
Born	3 May 1920 Bindi, British India
Died	8 December 2014 (aged 94) Larkano, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani

Sobho Gianchandani (3 May 1920 – 8 December 2014) was a Pakistani Sindhi social scientist, and revolutionary writer.

Habib Jalib

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Habib Jalib حبیب جالب
Portrait of Habib Jalib
Born	Habib Ahmad 24 March 1928[1] Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Died	12 March 1993 (aged 64)[1] Lahore, Pakistan
Occupation	Urdu poet, Political activist
Nationality	Indian (1928–1947) Pakistani (1947–1993)
Literary movement	Progressive Writers' Movement
Notable awards	Nigar Awards Nishan-i-Imtiaz[2] (Posthumously awarded on 23 March 2009)
Children	Tahira Habib Jalib[2]

Habib Jalib (Urdu: حبیب جالب) was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist and politician who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz paid tributes to him by saying that he was truly the poet of the masses.^[3]

Qalandar Momand

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Qalandar Momand
Born	Sahibzada Habib-ur-Rahman Qalandar Momand September 1, 1930
Died	February 4, 2003
Language	Pashto
Nationality	Pakistan
Genre	poetry

Sahibzada Habib-ur-Rahman Qalandar Momand (September 1, 1930 - February 4, 2003) was a well-known Pashto poet, short story writer, journalist and linguist. ^[1] Mr Momand was editor of the daily Shahbaz, the official organ of the defunct National Awami Party (NAP), and chief editor of the daily Anjam. He started his journalistic carrier in Karachi early in the sixties.