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Urdu Poet Saghar Siddiqui Death Anniversary Being Observed Today

Web Desk (July 19, 2017): The 43rd death anniversary of great Urdu poet Saghar Siddiqui is being observed on Wednesday.

He was born in 1928 at Ambala as Muhammad Akhtar, Saghar Siddiqui started poetry at very young age.

At the age of 16, he started regularly attend mushairas. He migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and settled in Lahore. He continued to write lyrics for the film industry and moved on to publish a literary magazine. His poetry earned immense popularity even after his death.

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