Umeed Fazli 

Umeed Fazli was a well known Pakistani urdu poet, primarily of the Ghazal form, but also of Nazm. He used unique diction for his remarkable expressions regarding life and society.

He had command of various kinds of poetry including ghazal, geet, marsia, nazam, etc, and besides Darya Akhir Darya Hai, he had many other poetry books to his credit.

Noted poet Umeed Fazli died after protracted illness  wednesday 28th september 2005. He was suffering from kidney ailment for the last three years. The septuagenarian poet leaves behind a widow, two sons and three daughters.