Trends of satire in Pakistani humorous poetry

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Humor and satire are an effective tool to highlight the faults lying in the social fabric of a system. Pakistani society is faced with the duplicity of ideas and their implementation It is torn between categories and classes regarding religion, culture and social dynamics. The same phenomenon is evident through Pakistani humorous Urdu poetry. It unfolds vistas of a morally deteriorating society in different colors and shades. Pakistani poets, writing humorous and satirical poetry, deal with various techniques to create such poems. This article aims at churning out the diverse forms of satire in Pakistani humorous Urdu poetry.

Dr. Ali Bayat, Dr. Noreen Razzaq. (2019) پاکستانی مزاحیہ (اُردو) شاعری کے طنزیہ رجحانات, Zaban-o-Adab, Volume 24 -25, Issue 2.
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