A revolutionary poet and journalist, Faiz Ahmed Faiz's birthday was celebrated across the country on Sunday. He was born in 1911 at Kala Kader village, Sialkot in Punjab. People paid glorious tributes to the poet through reading his unforgettable verses. In his remembrance, programmes were also arranged in different cities.
Faiz was the first Asian poet who was awarded with Lenin Peace Prize, by the Soviet Union in 1963. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize shortly before his death in 1984. A poet, Wahid Bux Otho said that Faiz's chronological work will remain for the centuries.