Baqi Siddiqui His real name was Muhammad Afzal Qureshi. He was born in a village Seham, Rawalpindi in 1908. He was a great urdu poet of international fame indeed. His short verse ghazal is one of the best in urdu poetry. He started his career as a teacher, latter he'd worked for Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi station as a song writer in urdu & pothwari languages. Baqi Siddiqui died in 1972.
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