Abstract
PESHAWAR: Fasihuddin is the most misunderstood police officer I have ever seen in my life, once remarked former Inspector General of Police Muhammad Akram. Fasihuddin worked under his command some 20 years back. “The reason may not be of anyone else but of his own. He doesn‟t know the tricks and games of this world; rather remains engaged in his intellectual pursuits, spirituality and occult sciences,” he said. Hailing from the spiritual family of Tor Baba settled in Dir and Bajaur, Fasihuddin carries a taste and knack for mysticism, poetry, Islamic knowledge and modern sciences. His contribution to promote education and learning in his tribe, Uthmankhel, led him to lead this huge tribe as a patron-in-chief. The strain goes through the whole family and all his brothers and nephews are highly qualified; many of them are in various government jobs. Besides his family background, he is fond of literature and art. His recent poetry book „Da Janoon Chapay’ (the waves of madness) received a great applause from critics. President of Pakistan Progressive Writers, Salim Raz, termed him second incarnation of Ghani Khan, the renowned poetphilosopher and a brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan. However, interestingly all his three books, Khama Bajosh (the boiling pen), Sehra Mein Azaan (the call in desert) and Safar Ki Dhool (the dust of journey), have been written in such a style that rarely one can differentiate it from the language of Dehli and Lucknow.