Wazir Agha is a famous Urdu critic, poet and essayist. Born on 18th May 1922. Died on 8th September 2010. Early Life Dr. Wazir Agha was born on 18th May 1922 in Sir Godha and did his MA in Economics from Government College Lahore in 1943. He obtained his PhD degree from Punjab University in 1956.

 He started his literary journalism as the joint editor of Adabi Dunya Lahore in 1960, then he started publishing his quarterly magazine "Auraq" from Lahore in 1965. Which continued to be published regularly until 2003 and in these years, this magazine cultivated three literary generations and piled up nine articles.