Plagiarism is a downright immoral and disgusting. However, somehow the people simply cannot stop doing it. There are five forms of plagiarism, which are the most rampant in the Urdu literature.1. Idea StealingThe most common form of the plagiarism in the Urdu literature is that people steal ideas and never give credit to the real authors. It is a huge offence. The idea stealing happens in most of the forms of the Urdu literature. Especially in the books of philosophy, this thing happens a lot. The copycat simply says that I thought of exactly the same thing! However, this is deplorable.It also happens with the ideas of the stories and novels too. Some people steal the entire plot and just change the names of the places and the characters. Some change the time period or the setting of the novel.2. Character StealingThe other copycats steal the character fro scholarships for high school students m somebody else’s novels. This is done very cleverly. Indeed, it is actually a clever form of plagiarism. In this way, the writer does not have to work hard to form believable characters in the story. When the character is made, the story flows along. Most of the hard work is required in the character building. Afterwards writing the dialogues or the story line does not remain a problem this is especially true for the short stories. For the novels too if the couple of characters are stolen the workload reduces by a significant factor.3. Example, Simile, and Metaphor StealingThe use of examples, similes, and metaphors in the Urdu literature is considered very smart. This is the reason why the writers who wrote such stories and novels become very famous. The most prestigious example of such writers is the philosophical couple of Ashfaq Ahmed and Bano Qudsia.