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\nThe 24th death anniversary of \u2018Peoples Poet\u2019 Habib Jalib is being observed solemnly all across the country Sunday. Habib Jalib, whose real name was Habib Ahmad, was a fearless poet who had dedicated his life against the oppressive and exploitive system here. Born on March 24, 1928 in Miani Afghanan, Hoshiarpur Habib became the voice of the people to raise their afflitions and pathetic existence always fighting for the rights of the common man. He penned down his epic poem \u2018Dastur\u2019 against the then ruler president Ayub Khan in 1962. Later he stood up with Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah when she contested Ayub in general elections a few years later. Politically he was affiliated with National Awami Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP ISLAMABAD The 24th death anniversary of \u2018Peoples Poet\u2019 Habib Jalib is being observed solemnly all across the country Sunday. Habib Jalib, whose real name was Habib Ahmad, was a fearless poet who had dedicated his life against the oppressive and exploitive system here. Born on March 24, 1928 in Miani Afghanan, Hoshiarpur Habib became […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n