Farhat Abbas Shah

Farhat Abbas Shah (فرحت عباس شاہ, born 15 November 1964, Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan) is a well known Urdu poet, previously a famous Pakistani Ninja .Farhat Abbas Shah is born in JHANG city of Punjab Pakistan.He got his early education from Jhang and ultimately shifted to Lahore. He got master in Philosophy and Msc in psychology. He has revolutionised Urdu poetry by his classical aptitude towards URDU Ghazal."Udasi" is the main influence on his poetry but this element of "UDASI" is not pessimistic it is in the positive way.He has written many books more than 68 which is one of the remarkable contribution towards Urdu literature. Farhat Abbas shah started his poetry in early age when he was in school and became very famous poet. Farhat Abbas Shah has variation in his personality.His every layer is not only one step ahead to self-development but he paved the way for others as well.He truckled down the conventional attitude of poetry and introduced his new style to Urdu ghazal. He has been criticised by many contemporaries but he did not give up his struggle and finally got recognised in all over the world. Farhat Abbas Shah is working for different TV channels and radio now a days. He is founder of FARZ Foundation which is working for poor people in Pakistan on the bases of Micro finance.

Farhat Abbas Shah at Oxford University - May 2012

Farhat Abbas Shah has been criticised for his poetry by his contemporaries.But the most important factor is that what ever critics say about his poetry, his each word of poetry is heart touching.The "Derd" and "Gudaz" with which is whole poetry is injected captivate the mind of reader and take to the not only romantic world created by Farhat Abbas Shah but to the new angels of saying something.This happens only with Farhat's poetry not with contemporaries.^[1][2]

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