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ehsan sehgal

ehsan sehgal -lrb- , -rrb- , born khawaja ehsan elahi sehgal -lrb- -rrb- is a dutch , pakistani origin urdu poet and writer .
he moved to the netherlands in 1978 to escape the political strife under general zia era in pakistan , and has lived in the netherlands since 1978 .
he is also a journalist and an activist for democracy , freedom of the press and the speech .
he established the muslim united nations in 1980 as the founding chairperson .
he joined pakistan army in war of 1965 at the age of fourteen and received a `` tamgha-e-jang '' -lrb- war medal -rrb- from pakistan army .
he was born on 15 november 1951 in larkana , sindh , pakistan and obtained a bachelor of arts and master of arts in urdu literature .
in addition , he also received the ll.b .
law degree from karachi university .
he married a dutch woman and unfavourable events resulted in a divorce .
he has received awards from indian and european urdu literary organisations in recognition of his literary achievements , and is famous for his poetry book `` zarb-e-sukhan '' , in urdu-speaking world .
the `` daily times '' describes the book as a `` splendid poetry collection . ''
besides that he has published a collection of aphorisms in dutch , english and urdu .
his many ghazals and naats composed and sung by several pakistani singers .
sehgal has also written a novel and several poetry books , his articles published in various urdu newspapers .
