Celebrated writer Fakhar Zaman’s fourth anthology of Urdu ghazals titled “Waqt ko Tham lo” has been published. The foreword has been written by renowned poet Zafar Iqbal. In his preface, Zafar Iqbal says that Fakhar Zaman’s entire Urdu and Punjabi poetry is a poetry of commitment and definite ideology. He also wrote that he has very successfully used new metaphors and symbols which are in accordance with modern sensibility. Zafar said that Fakhar Zaman’s journey as a writer is of a creative person who has integrity and unflinching social commitment. This poetry anthology as conveyed is different from usual Gul-o-Bulbul poetry. Fakhar has used modern diction and new and fresh ideas in his poetry. Zaman, as he is used to experiment in his novels, has made many experiments in his ghazals. He is aware of the cyber ethos, and thus he has used internet terminology in many of his ghazals. Since he has throughout his life struggled against injustice, corruption and decadent social order, his poetry is also reflective of these ideas. He speaks for the people and mixes folk images with modern idiom. In his poetry, Zaman not only uses modern words as a fashion and fad but uses them to convey the social message. Words like “password”, “email”, “sms”, and other such social media vocabulary is found abundantly in his ghazals. He speaks against injustice when he says that you can punish me, because you have already decided to sentence me, and you have written the verdict without hearing the trial. Zaman’s poetry also speaks for peace, tolerance, and humanism. Since he is an ardent follower of Sufism, he refers to Sufi teachings in his poetry. It is hoped that Fakhar Zaman’s book will turn a new page in ghazal writing and carve a new niche in the field of Urdu poetry. Published in Daily Times, April 26th 2018.