Renowned Pakistani poet Dr Rehan Azmi passes away

Dr. Rehan Azmi, the world-renown poet of mourning literature, has passed away in Karachi. He was 63 years old.

According to his family, Dr Azmi had been ill for a long time. They said he was rushed to a private hospital in Karachi where his condition remained critical till he passed away.

Dr Azmi was born on July 7, 1958 in Karachi. He started writing poetry regularly from 1974 and was associated with PTV for a long time as a singer.

One of His last video with Mir Hassan.💔
May Syeda س reward him for his work for AhlulBayt ع #RehanAzmi pic.twitter.com/bu2tT2XbgL

— Syeda Fatimah HuDa 💫 (@syedaFatimahuda) January 26, 2021

During this time, he penned more than 4,000 songs, including popular Pakistani song ‘Hawa Hawa Aye Hawa‘ sung by Hassan Jahangir and ‘Khushboo Ban Kay Mehak Raha Hai’.

After some time, Dr Azmi lost touch with songwriting and established a connection with praise and salutation and became a poet of mourning literature.

#RehanAzmi
Today one of the greatest Religious poet of all times Dr. Rehan Azmi passed away. May Allah give him the highest rank in Jannah. Ameen.@snadeemsarwar @alijeesarwar @AliShanawar1 @FarhanAOfficial @mesumabbasnaqvi pic.twitter.com/d9miyFitPL

— Fazal Abbas (@FazalSamtiahPTI) January 26, 2021

He has more than 25 books of mourning literature to his name. Dr Azmi also won many medals at the international and national level for his work.