Saud Usmani : He is a well-known poet of Pakistan. His two books of poetry have been published. He belongs to the well educated and well reputed Usmani family migrated from Deoband, Saharanpur, India. Saud Usmani has done MBA from the University of Punjab and running his own business of book selling and publishing. He, with the partnership of his brothers, is running a publishing house namely Idara Islamiat, Anar Kali, Lahore, which has branches in Karachi and Lahore. His first book of poetry Qaus was given the best book of the year Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1997. And next book “Baarish was awarded the best poetry of 2007. The big figures of Urdu like late Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi and Amjad Islam Amjad have acknowledged his poetry. His uncle Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, who himself is a good poet, has praised his poetry and liked that.