DR MUHAMMAD AJMAL NIAZI

POET TURNED JOURNALIST

DR MUHAMMAD AJMAL NIAZI’S LATEST BOOK IS POETIC COLLECTION ‘PICHLAY PEHER KI SARGOSHI’, WHICH HAS BEEN LAUNCHED RECENTLY BY THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE AUTHORITY (NLA), MARKS THE RICH LITERARY TRADITION OF PAKISTAN.THE VARIETY OF MOODS AND THEIR TRANSITION FROM LOFTY TO HOMELY IN MAJORITY OF HIS ‘GHAZALS’ AND ‘NAZMS’ INCLUDED IN THE BOOK REPRESENTS THE NEW CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND CONCEPTS, SET BY THE MASTER POETS OF THE POST-PARTITION ERA. DR AJMAL NIAZI, ‘GHAZALS’ AND ‘NAZMS’ ARE BURNING, HARMONIOUS AND SWIFT-MOVING THAT EQUATE AND IDENTIFY WITH THE AROMA OF HIS ANCESTRAL SOIL, TO WHICH HE BELONGS. AS A PROMINENT URDU POET, SCHOLAR AND COLUMNIST, DR AJMAL NIAZI HAS UPHELD THE TRADITION OF PAKISTANI ‘GHAZAL’ AND ‘NAZM’ WITH A DIFFERENT TASTE THAT EVOLVED AS A DISTINCT COMPONENT OF THE COUNTRY’S LITERARY ETHOS. DR NIAZI HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY PROLIFIC IN CAPTURING THE TRUE ESSENCE OF CREATIVE WRITING, ASSOCIATED WITH EXTRAORDINARY INSPIRATIONS THAT HOLD A VALUABLE STATUS IN CONTEMPORARY URDU POETRY. DR NIAZI’S WORK ALSO IDENTIFIES A FRESH MODE WITH ALL SHADES OF FEELINGS. DR NIAZI’S INTRINSIC POETIC CLIMATE NOT ONLY FINDS A PERFECTLY HARMONISED EXPRESSION, BUT ALSO PROVES TO BE AN ASTONISHING RESERVOIR OF ENRICHING WORDS THAT REFLECTS A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRADITION BEHIND.