PU Book Fair: More visitors on second day
Columnist Hassan Nisar said book fairs promoted the reading culture and needed to be a routine.
LAHORE:
Renowned journalists, poets and politicians were among a sizeable crowd that visited the Punjab University Book Fair on Friday.
Columnist Hassan Nisar said book fairs promoted the reading culture and needed to be a routine.
He also said book fairs should continue for a longer duration and not just for three days. Journalist Sohail Warraich said the youth needed to read books on a variety of subjects so that they could form more informed views.
Poet Wasi Shah and MPA Ashraf Sohna were also present.
PPP leader Jehangir Badr and a delegation of newspaper reporters would visit the fair on Saturday.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2011.
Renowned journalists, poets and politicians were among a sizeable crowd that visited the Punjab University Book Fair on Friday.
Columnist Hassan Nisar said book fairs promoted the reading culture and needed to be a routine.
He also said book fairs should continue for a longer duration and not just for three days. Journalist Sohail Warraich said the youth needed to read books on a variety of subjects so that they could form more informed views.
Poet Wasi Shah and MPA Ashraf Sohna were also present.
PPP leader Jehangir Badr and a delegation of newspaper reporters would visit the fair on Saturday.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2011.