Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) held an international mushaira as part of the 75th Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan at the Haseena Moin Hall.
Poets from different cities of Pakistan and around the world participated in the online Azadi Aalmi Mushaira.
On this occasion, Iftikhar Arif said in his presidential speech quipped that he kept bothering the ACP technical team for over the connectivity issues. While Iftikhar Arif connected from Islamabad, Shahida Hasan logged in from Canada, Ishrat Afrin, USA, Hamida Shaheen, Lahore, Ahmed Attaullah, Azad Kashmir, Akhtar Usman, Islamabad, Uzmi Jaun, Sibbi, and Nasser Ali Syed was online from Peshawar.
The participants recited their poetry full of love for the country at the online event moderated by Ambreen Haseeb Amber.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2022.
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