Influenced by artistic freedom, Mazharul Islam's creative experiments grant him a unique and elevated place in Urdu literature, hence it wouldn't be wrong to say that he is the "manifest sun" of Urdu ...

He said Urdu Daily Imroze used to print half page in Punjabi where writers such as Shafqat Tanvir Mirza used to write and added that Mirza, Anwar Ali and Akbar Lahori used to write great stories.