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Friday, November 23, 2012

Kulliyat-e-Habib Jalib; the Collection of Habib Jalib's Poetry

Kulliyat-e-Habib Jalib
Habib Jalib (Urdu: حبیب جالب) (Real name: Habib Ahmad) (Urdu: حبیب احمد) was a Pakistani revolutionary Urdu poet, left-wing activist and politician who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. 

Jalib was a Marxist-Leninist and aspired to the ideals of Communism. He was a member of the Communist Party of Pakistan; later when the Communist Party was banned and started working under the banner of National Awami Party (NAP), he joined the NAP. His views led to imprisonment. 

His poetry shows that, being a communist, he was pro Russia and China. He wrote many poems and Ghazal against USA and in many of his poems he even mentioned Ronald Reagan, the than president of USA, and showed his dislike to him. 

His poetry has been collected and published with the title of "Kulliyat-e-Habib Jalib". Click here to download Kulliyat-e-Habib Jalib. Please note that you will have to have PDF Reader in order to read the book. Thank you!!

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