Habib Jalib
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Habib Jalib
(Urdu: حبیب جالب) (Real name: Habib Ahmad) (Urdu: حبیب احمد) was a
Pakistani revolutionary Urdu poet, left-wing activist and politician who
opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression.
Jalib
was a Marxist-Leninist and aspired to the ideals of Communism. He was a
member of the Communist Party of Pakistan; later when the Communist
Party was banned and started working under the banner of National Awami
Party (NAP), he joined the NAP. His views led to imprisonment.
His poetry shows that, being a communist, he was pro Russia and China.
He wrote many poems and Ghazal against USA and in many of his poems he
even mentioned Ronald Reagan, the than president of USA, and showed his
dislike to him.
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