Muzzaffar Ali Syed can justifiably, be regarded as one of the pioneers in the field of Urdu Doha and song writing in Pakistan. This research paper is about the editorial work on his Urdu dohas, bhajans and the songs. It is an attempt to probe the reasons for which the research in, and the critical appreciation of these songs and dohas was neglected and as a result the entire creative work of Muzzaffar Ali Syed, in this field, was allowed to sink in to oblivion. This article also throws light on Muzzaffar Ali Syed's contribution in the critical debate on the question of identity that conditioned the intellectual atmosphere in the first decade of the second half of 20th century. In this paper the writer has attempted to collect Muzzaffar Ali Syed's dohas, geet and bhajans that were published in different literary journals over a period of time. Beside these, other creative writings of this neglected poet have also been brought to light .A task, very strenuous indeed but extremely rewarding in the sense that it highlights some important features of the early phase of this genre of Urdu poetry that later evolved a great tradition.