Book launched

LAHORE
Provincial Minister for Labour and Human Resources Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has said that poetry of Punjabi language contains a universal message of our Sufi saints and elders. Service to Punjabi language and literature abroad is no less than worship, he said while addressing a launch of “Adh”, a poetic collection of prominent Punjabi poet Mazhar Tirmazi at National College of Arts. Principal National Collage of Arts Prof. Dr. Murtaza Jaafari also spoke on the occasion while other speakers included Arif Waqar, Hussain Naqvi, Salman Asif, Dr. Saeed Bhutta, Prof. Zubair Ahmed, Ghazala Tariq and Raja Siddique Ullah. Ali Sethi also presented the poetry of Mazhar Tirmazi. Mazhar Tirmazi lives in England and a journalist. His famous lyric “Umran lagian Paban bhar” has achieved the status of classic while four poetic collection of Mazhar Tirmazi have been published. He said that Mazhar Tirmazi has a modern style and uses Punjabi language beautifully which stands him in the rank of big Punjabi poets.