“He laid the foundation of the modern Pashto ghazal,” said Hayat Roghani, a Pashto poet. Dard’s work is for the common person and is known as Ulasi poetry.

Rahmatullah Dard PESHAWAR: The University of Peshawar’s students on Friday praised Pashto poet Rahmatullah Dard as a poet of peace, romance and patriotism during a function on campus. The praise ...

When Hamza Baba began composing poetry in Pashto, only Rahman Baba’s poetry was available to the Pashtun public. With the foundation of Ulasi Adabi Jirga, a literary organisation, Hamza Baba ...