Ashu Lal Faqeer

Ashu Lal Faqeer اشو لال فقیر [1]
Faqeer around 2012
Born	Muhammad Ashraf (1959-04-13) 13 April 1959 (age 66) Karor Lal Esan, Layyah District, Pakistan
Language	Saraiki
Notable works	Jaal Maloti

Ashu Lal Faqeer ^[a] (birth name Muhammad Ashraf; born 13 April 1959) is a Pakistani Saraiki-language poet from Karor Lal Esan. ^[2] Ashu Lal Faqeer is a qualified medical doctor who completed his MBBS from Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur. ^{[3] [4]}

Books

He has published books of poetry:

• Chairroo Hath Nah Murli (The Shepherd without a Flute) چارو ہتھ نہ مرلی
• Gautam Naal Jhairra (Arguments with Gautam) 1995
• Kaan Wassu Da Pakhi Aey (Crow is Bird of Human Abode) 1997
• Sindh Sagar Naal Hameshaan (Always with River Sindh) 2002
• Jaal Maloti (A Meeting Place)

and two collections of short stories, Abnormal and Bairri (Boat).

Awards

He was awarded Kamal-i-Fun, the top literary award from the Pakistan Academy of Letters, but he refused to accept it and described the Pakistani "deep state" as fascist. ^{[5] [6]}

Notes

1. Urdu: اشو لال فقیر

See also

• Shakir Shuja Abadi

References

1. "'The state is anti-people and anti-art': Seraiki poet Ashu Lal on why he refused Pakistan's highest literary award - Comment". Images. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
2. https://theprint.in/go-to-pakistan/award-from-anti-art-state-no-thanks-poet-ashu-lal-refuses-pakistans-top-literary-prize/899433/ ^{[ unreliable source? ]}
3. Jannat: Fiction: The paradise of Indus River: Malik, Nasir: 9798486665127: Amazon.com: Books. Independently published. 29 September 2021. ISBN   9798486665127 . Retrieved 2022-04-04.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
4. "Lamenting the wounds of Partition - Newspaper". DAWN.COM. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
5. "Award from 'anti-art' state? No, thanks. Poet Ashu Lal refuses Pakistan's top literary prize". ThePrint . 2 April 2022.
6. Aslam, Irfan (2022-04-02). "Why Ashu Lal refuses country's highest literary award". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-06-04.