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When Rais
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was his first cousin. Another relative in
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in the year 1970. They got separated in the year 1992.
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Pakistan: alternative imag(in)ings of the nation state
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are also seen in his poems. He also was described as
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368:In his poems, he supported
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269:Early life and family
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494:Daricha Haye Kheyal
374:class consciousness
318:Darul Uloom Deoband
1276:People from Amroha
1246:Poets from Karachi
1221:Pakistani scholars
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793:on 26 October 2019
468:Poetry collections
427:Pehnaayi Ka Makaan
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323:He married writer
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171:Zahida Hina
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976:The Nation
786:The Nation
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100:, Pakistan
63:1931-12-14
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