Senior Hindko poet Ashraf Rohaila passes away
August 30th, 2006
The late Rohaila was a seasoned Hindko poet who was famous for Harfis, a genre of Hindko poetry. Aside from composing scores of Hindko couplets, he had learnt by heart the poetic compositions of several classic Hindko poets. He was a disciple of Ustad Gulam Rasool Ghail, a noted Hindko poet and active member of Bazm-e-Shaoor-e-Hindko who got his Hindko poetry published in 1930s
Ghandhara Hindko Board has preserved his all writings
It is a great loss to the Hindko Language and Literature
