The 24th Death Anniversary of renowned poet Zaheer Kashmiri was observed today. 

Peer Dastgeer Zaheer, who was known as Zaheer Kashmiri in the literary world, was born at Amritser in 1919. He started poetry when he was eleven years old. He reached Lahore before partition. In the beginning, he worked for films. He wrote story of Teen Phool, a movie that he directed himself.

His collections of poetry include Azmat-e-Aadam, Taghazzul, Chiragh-e-Aakhir-e-Shab, Raqse Junuun and Auraaq-E-Musawwir.

He died on this day in 1994 in Lahore.