The 25th death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet Qateel Shifai is being observed today.

His real name was Muhammad Aurangzeb but he adopted Qateel Shifai as his pen name.

He wrote over 20 collections of poetry and more than nine hundred songs for over two hundred films.

Qateel Shifai was awarded Pride of Performance in 1994.

He died on this day in 2001 in Lahore.