in light of the suggestions given by these scholars and intellectuals.
Like in the previous year, this year, too, an Alami Mushaira will be held in the conference. Others who were present on this occasion were Vice President Arts Council Prof Sehar Ansari, Treasure Shehnaz Sidfdiqui and Chairperson Adabi Committee Haseena Moin.
Sharing further details of the conference, Ahmed Shah said: “From India, Dr Shamim Hanafi, Dr Abul Kalam Qasmi, Dr Anees Ashfaq, Khushbeer Singh Shaad, Ranjeet Singh Chohan, Farooq Syed and Farhat Ahsaas are coming, while from the UK, Raza Ali Abidi, Najma Usman, Naeem Haider and Ghazal Ansari, and from the USA, Dr Azra Raza are coming. Similarly, Mahmoodus Salam from Bangladesh, Syed Mujahid Hussain from Norway, Arshad Farooqui from Finland, Nasar Malik from Denmark and other names are included from other countries. Visa processing for the Indian delegates has already been done, and they will reach Karachi on December 7.”
Similarly, veteran writers, scholars and poets from around Pakistan, including names like Intizar Hussain, Amjad Islam Amjad, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Anwar Maqsood, Masood Ashar, Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Dr Inamul Haq Javed, Kishwar Naheed, Haris Khalique, Dr Qasim Baghiyo and Dr Anwar Ahmed, will come with their worthy contributions to the field of Urdu literature.
Prominent writer Haseena Moin, speaking on the occasion, said: “Such events are a must to bring back the youth towards Urdu literature and healthy entertainment. These youth have drifted from this field due to the influence of information and communication technologies like mobiles, laptops, tabs etc.” She also announced the launch of “Adami Jareeda” of the Arts Council soon, which was a little delayed due to some serious issues confronting the council.
Sehar Ansari, sharing his experience of a visit to Norway and Canada, said that it was imperative that the image which the overseas Pakistanis held of Pakistan, especially of Karachi as a city of terrorism, needed to be changed and such events could play a greater role in this connection.