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Explanation

Mast Tawakali, the Sufi poet of Balochistan, was committed to the poor people and at times sided with them against the tyrannical feudal order.

The contemporary of Khwaja Farid and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, Tawakali wrote resistance poetry against the colonialists, when the sardars of Balochistan kowtowed to their British masters, said Fakhar Zaman at the Mast Tawakali conference

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Explanation

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union.

He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

Explanation

 Payam-e-Mashriq is a book written by Allama Iqbal.

 Payam e Mashriq was published in 1923.

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Ameer Khusro is considered the first poet of Pashto and Urdu

The Full name of Amīr Khusrau : Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn K͟husrau

Khusrau is credited for the invention of the sitar.

Amīr Khusrau lived under the Delhi Sultanate. 

Amīr Khusrau  Born: 1253, Patiyali

Amīr Khusrau  Died: on October 1325, in Delhi, India

The Place of burial of Amīr Khusrau: Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Dargah, New Delhi, India

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Baba Farid is the first Punjabi poet.

Allama Iqbal is the National poet of Pakistan

Hassan Bin Sabit was the first poet of Islam.

Explanation

Myth of Independence was written by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Myth of Independence was published in 1969.

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Explanation

William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, likely between 1591 and 1596.

This play is one of his most famous tragedies.

It is estimated to have been written around 1595.

Explanation

Abdur Rehman Chughtai was a renowned Pakistani painter.

He is known for his distinctive Mughal-inspired artistic style.

He is also notable for designing Pakistan's first postage stamp in 1947.

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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2021 is awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, born in Zanzibar and active in England, “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”.

Explanation

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union 

was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

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