Abdul Malik Fida

A Prominent Poet of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement

Abstract

Khudai Khidmatgar Movement has a prominent place in awakening Pashtun vision of future. Famous for non-violence political activism, this movement absorbed common as well as literary Pashtun in the way of freedom against the British. Abdul Malik Fida is one of those literary Pashto poets who, not only played active role in the Movement, but also impacted the Movement and the common Pashtun with his poetry. This paper attempts to examine his poetic contributions to the Pashto literature.