U.S. Mission in Pakistan Celebrates Pakistan’s First-Ever Youth Poets Laureate

LAHORE, 22 September 2024: The U.S. Mission to Pakistan and its partner Urban Word hosted a showcase at the Alhamra Arts Center to celebrate the first ever Pakistan Youth Poet Laureate program. Out of 19 finalists, two talented young Pakistani poets—one writing in English and the other in Urdu—were announced as the first Pakistan Youth Poets Laureate at the event. The two named winners were Mashallah Saif (Urdu) and Aiman Tahir Khan (English) Both two winners will visit Washington D.C. to perform their poetry at the Kennedy Center in April 2025. An anthology of poems by the poet finalists entitled, Jashn, was published and distributed at the event. This is the first project of its kind internationally, created by Urban Word, the award-winning youth literary arts organization that laun...