Death anniversary of prominent poet, Hafeez Hoshiarpuri was observed on Wednesday.

He was born at Hoshiarpur in India on 5th January, 1912.

He was a genius and very prominent among urdu poets of his time.

Famous poems of Hafeez Hoshiarpuri are, Teri talash mein ham jab kabhi nikalte hain, 'Mohabbat karne vaale kam na honge', etc.

Hafeez was the ustad of Nasir Kazmi, who later on became one of the renowned poets of Urdu language and began writing ghazals under his teacher's guidance. Hafeez died on 10th January, 1973 in Karachi.