His radical writing inspired many rebels in it’s day. Recently it was used again by people challenging the changes to Pakistans constitution.
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Senator Raza Rabbani of the PPP had the first and the last word during the oath taking session of the upper house on Wednesday. But in fact it was late Habib Jalib who had in a way the first word. Raza quoted from Jalib’s famous poem Dastoor (the constitution) in which the poet rejects, to paraphrase his couplet rather liberally, all constitutions which do not reflect the will of the people
Aisey Dastoor ko, Subhe-i-noor ko; Main Nahi Maanta, Main Nahi Jaanta