Fazil Jamili

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Fazil Jamili (Urdu:فاضل جمیلی) (born 1968) is an emerging Urdu Poet from Pakistan. He graduated from Federal Urdu College, Karachi. Currently, he is working with the Media Times Limited as a Resident Editor in Daily AAJKAL. Previousely he was associated with Jang Group.He has been active in struggle for journalists' rights and has twice been elected as general secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists. His poems like darakhon key liyee aik nazm, aalmi maqtool and iqbal e jurm are considered new dimensions of Urdu Poetry.

There are many voices in Pakistan, which are connected in a loose way with the progressive thoughts. He writes poems about the environment, like Darakhton ke liyay ek Nazm. Jamili was born in a small village called Pind Khankhel, near Haripur, Hazara, in 1968. During the fifth class, he started to maintain a diary, in which he used to note down the favourite couplets of famous poets. When he was transferred to the High School, Kot Najibullah, he discovered a big library there, which had been maintained from before the partition days. He took special interest in poetry, and studied all genres of poetry. Soon, his teacher, Mehboob Elahi Nazim, helped with poetic modification, and Fazil turned seriously towards writing poetry. He became the president of the Bazm-e-Adab, and especially his romantic poetry thrilled the people.^[who?] Later on, he in guidance of Qazi Jamil-ur-Rahman, he got a place in literary circle of Hazara Division. Today, his diction includes new issues like environment, conflicts and anti-nuclearisation.