Qita
Literal meaning of Qata is ‘separated’. Qata stands for a series of couplets in a ghazal having continuity of thought. A ghazal having one or more Qatas is called Qata-Band ghazal. Qatas also have independent existence comprising at least four lines. In a Qata, the second and fourth lines follow the same rhyming scheme.
1914 -1988
Distinguished Urdu poet, journalist and master of the qat'a, honoured with the "Pride of performence" by the Government of Pakistan.
