Abstract
Light Essay or INSHAIYA (انشائیہ) is among those genres which came from the west. With emergence of British rule in India this genre got its roots and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan started writing such article impressed by great English writers Edison and Steel. After words it got its tradition and many writers of Urdu tended towards Essay writing. It was Named Poetic Prose, Light Prose, Light Essay and then finally INSHAIYA. In the context of light prose or INSHAIYA have many prominent names like Dr Wazir Agha, Dr. Anwar Sadid, Dr. Saleem Agha, Dr. Bashir Saifi, Dr. Adam Shaikh, Dr. Waheed Qureshi, Latif Sahil etc. In the western world is presented with special reference to Monten, Bacon, Edison, Steel, and Charles Lamb etc. The works of the essayists before the creation of Pakistan e.g. Mulla Wajhi, Maulana Muhammad Hussain Azad and others. The crux of the matter which presents the whole picture of INSHAIYA (انشائیہ) in Pakistan right from Naseer Agha. Every writer possesses his own style and subjects to portray in his essays.

عاشق حسین / یاسمین سرور . (2017) اردو انشائیہ اور ڈاکٹرسلیم آغا قزلباش, تحقیقی جریدہ, Volume 1, Issue 2.
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