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Renowned poet and columnist. Qasmi had done his Masters in Urdu literature. He had a great sense of humour which he used in his poetry and earned fame. Rag-i-Zarafat, Zia Paashian and Chhairr Khaanian are some of his works. He also edited the country’s first humour journal Zarafat. His serious poetry work, Haray Bharay Zakhm, was also widely acclaimed.