The 58th death anniversary of renowned classical Urdu poet and writer Ustad Qamar Jalalvi is being observed today.

His real name was Syed Muhammad Hussain.

He was born in Jalali near Aligarh in 1887. After partition, he migrated to Karachi.

Qamar Jalalvi is regarded as one of the best classical Urdu ghazal poets.

His major collections include ‘Rashk-e-Qamar’, ‘Gham-e-Javedan’ and ‘Tajalliyat-e-Qamar’.

He died in Karachi on this day in 1968.