Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, (January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote his poetry under pseudonym Faraz. During his lifetime, he criticized military rule and coup d’état in the country and was displaced by the military dictators. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz. On 25 August 2008, he died in Islamabad, and later Government of Pakistan conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan posthumously upon Faraz for his contribution to poetry and Urdu literature.
us ne nazar nazar meiñ hī aise bhale suḳhan kahe, maiñe to us ke paañv meiñ saarā kalām rakh diyā
~ Ahmad Faraz
