Naqvi was born on 5 May 1947 in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). His father Syed Chirag Hussain Shah, was a saddlemaker and later worked as a food vendor. His parents had named him ‘Ghulam Abbas’ which he later changed to Ghulam Abbas Mohsin Naqvi. Naqvi had six siblings.[1] Naqvi graduated from Government College Multan and earned his master’s degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He was also known as the Poet of Ahl-e-bait. His poetry about the Karbla is well accepted and recited all over Pakistan.[2] He was an active member of Shia Muslim community which is believed to be the reason behind his assassination.[3] Naqvi published several books of poetry during his lifetime. He gained a title of Iqbal e Sani. He studied the basics of poetry from Rafiq Khawar Jaskani, a poet, in Dera Ghazi Khan.