The 17th death anniversary of noted poet Prof. Asghar Saudai is being observed today. 

He was the man of letters, who coined a famous Pakistan Movement slogan that had put new life into the struggle for independent homeland, an endeavour that culminated into emergence of Pakistan on the global scene.

Sialkot-born Prof. Saudai was the creator of famous Pakistan Movement slogan, ‘Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya, La Ilaha Illalah’.

Born on Sep 17, 1926, he received education from Murray college Sialkot and Islamia college Lahore and later joined Islamia college in Sialkot as lecturer.

He died on this day in 2008 in Sialkot.