تحریکِ پاکستان کے علمبردار شعراء

  • Dr. Sanam Shakir
  • Dr. Muhammad Waseem Anjum

Abstract

Poets and writers are the most sensitive class of any society and they have always taken an active part in liberation movements throughout history in different regions. During the independence movement of the subcontinent, Sir Syed was the first man who made Muslims aware of their distinctive existence. He invoked in Muslims a consciousness for being free and educated them for the purpose. Allama Iqbal had dreamt of an independent country and he had gone on to demand a separate region in his Allahabad address. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Muhammad Ali Johar, Hasrat Mohani and Mian Bashir Ahmed were all poets who invoked a spirit of patriotism through their songs. A better class had participated in the Pakistan Movement and poets and writers had always stood in the first row. They had convinced and prepared common people for the movement through their patriotic songs and prose. Therefore it is true that the intellectuals of the region had played a significant role in the Pakistan Movement.