Poetic drama is a type of play that is written in verse or in a heightened, poetic form of prose. It is a combination of poetry and drama, and it often explores human ideals, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and struggles. Aslam Ansari is a prominent contemporary Urdu poet. He has not only shown creative excellence in Urdu but has also written excellent poetry in Persian, English and Saraiki (a dialect of Punjabi). In this article, along with the importance of Aslam’s poetic drama writing, an attempt has also been made to know the future of Poetic Drama in Urdu. The study involves purposive sampling and for that purpose two of his dramas have been selected and analysed. The purposive samples have been analysed with qualitive method of analysis. The study also involves the comparitive analysis of Aslam's poetic drama with western traditions of poetic drama. This study is unique in its nature as no attempt has been made to find the furute of poetic drama in Urdu literature in refernce with these two poetic dramas of Aslam Ansari. The qualitative method serves the desired purpose of poetic analysis and new meanings have been found with unique literary, linguistic, stylistic, dramatic, poetic features.

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