The 20th death anniversary of eminent Urdu poet and broadcaster Tabish Dehlvi is being observed today (on Monday).

He is regarded as one of the leading classical poets in Urdu literature.

He with the name of Masood Tabish started his career as a newsreader with All India Radio in 1941 and continued working with Radio Pakistan after partition.

He died on this day in 2004 in Karachi.