The third day of the 14th International Urdu Conference, held at Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi, ended with an “Aalmi Mushaira” which caused a stir all over the world. The poetry was shown online to different parts of the globe.
Poets from all over the world, including Pakistan participated in the mushaira. Among the poets were Kishore Naheed, Sarmad Sehbai, Anwar Shoor, Sabir Zafar, Ashfaq Hussain, Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Taqi Abidi, Tariq Sabzwari, Shahida Hassan, Yasmeen Hameed, Fatima Hassan, Tanveer Anjum, Farhat Ehsas, Ali Muhammad Farshi, Qamar Raza Shehzad, Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Ahmad Naveed, Hamida Shaheen, Ajmal Siraj, Haris Khaliq, Tasneem Abidi, Nasira Zubair, Babar Najmi, Tharwat Zahra, Shakeel Jazeb, Ahmed Salman, AH Khanzada while those who read online poetry included Amjad Islam Amjad, Ranjit Singh Chauhan, Ishrat Aafreen, Nusrat Mehdi, Khushbir Singh Shad and Manzar Bhopali.
The famous poets presented their powerful pieces of poetry and received appreciation from the audience. Meanwhille, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said Quaid-e-Azam’s birthday celebrations would be held at the Governor House Karachi on December 25 with the participation of chief ministers of all four provinces. “Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the National Cultural Conference to be held at Arts Council Karachi in 2022.” He expressed these views to the media on his visit to the third day of the 14th International Urdu Conference held at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi on Saturday.
Expressing his views, he said that it was a good thing that the Arts Council Karachi had a festival of writers from the local language. He added it was one of the few major languages in the world and more steps should be taken for its development and promotion. He said that Quaid-e-Azam’s birthday would be celebrated jointly on December 25 at the Governor House Karachi with the participation of the chief ministers of all four provinces. “All the arrangements have been handed over to the Karachi Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmad Shah.
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