Kunj-E-Qafas (Urdu)

Fawad Hasan Fawad is a retired civil servant, a poet, public policy practitioner and a noted expert on the socio-political and economic development of Pakistan.

Fawad’s poetry in Kunj-e-Qafas reflects on his journey from a passionate public-speaker in his youth to a prisoner of conscience at the peak of his public service career, who was punished for his commitment to transparency and the rule of law.

His poetry symbolises the transformation of Pakistan through the last five decades espousing a romantic self-belief at the start to a yearning for liberty of speech and thought in today’s Pakistan. His verses are composed in the finest traditions of Urdu language which appear to draw inspiration from the likes of Ghalib, Faiz, Ahmed Faraz and Munir Niazi.

While some of the writings can inspire the youth to struggle for their rights and freedom, an occasional despair reflects on the society’s economic, moral and ethical decay and chaos.