About
Arslan Abbas is a Graduate in Political Science from Government College University Lahore (GCU) — the mother institution of Patras Bokhari, Allama Mohammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Noon Meem Rashid among many others. Abbas started writing poetry regularly in 2016, and has since been writing for youth on different social media platforms. His simple, yet resonating writing style has led him to gain pretty a good amount of readers in relatively very short period. Abbas’s poetry touches on faith, love, passion, hope, patience, loyalty, journey, and above all, dreaming. His passion for dreams is depicted in his first collection of poetry which he has titled as “Dil-e-Khwab-Zad” (The Dream-Led Heart). The book has been a major success, as it got popularity among the students and remained best seller in 2021-22. Recently, his much awaited, 2nd Poetry Collection has been published with the title Dard-e-Nayaab.
Storyline
- 1996
Was Born in a Kashmiri Family based in Farooq Abad — a town in District Sheikhupura of Pakistan.
- 2000-2009
Went to Government Project High School Farooq Abad — a local public sector school in area; He studied their up to Middle (8th Grade).
- 2010-2014
Migrated to City Sheikhupura along with his Parents in 2009 due to a crisis in his clan. There, he was enrolled in Govt. Jaamia School — a historical public school in District Sheikhupura — and completed his matriculation with 1st Division in 2012. Later, he went for Intermediate to Punjab College — a Private College in the City — and passed out with a first division in 2014.
- 2015 - 2018
Went to Lahore for Higher Education. In Lahore, he Initially got admission in Professional’s Academy of Commerce (PAC) for CA. Midway of his certification, however, he became highly inclined towards poetry and social disciplines, and found himself to have lost all the interest in Accounts and Finance. He quit the CA in 2018 with a few Papers passed. Afterwards, he attained a Bachelors Degree in Political Science & IR from University of the Punjab.
- 2019
Got admission in Graduate Program in Department of Political Science of Government College University (GCU), Lahore. This was perhaps exactly the place his passion for poetry had long led him to crave for. With finally studying at a place where his literary and Ideological inspirations — Patras, Iqbal, Faiz and Rashid — once studied, he was know able work on his poetry more enthusiastically. As a result, he came up with some fine pieces of poetry. He had finished writing his first book before his degree could complete.
- 2021
Published his first poetry collection, Dil-e-Khwabzad, which he had completed during his degree at GCU.
- Today
He has just Published his second poetry collection, Dard-e-Nayab. He now frequently appears in literary events, especially held by student bodies at Educational Institutions. It’s hoped that he’ll be making a book tour this year in the major Universities of Pakistan.