2nd Multan Literary Festival To Be Held On 21-22nd February 2018

ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 09th Feb, 2018 ) :After successful holding of festival during the month of April last year, the second Multan Literary Festival (MLF) would be organized on Feb 21-22 at different venues of Multan city, including Baha-ud-Din Zakria University, Multan Tea House and other places.

About the objectives of festival, the organizers told APP on Friday, the activity would be carried out to attach youth with rich and centuries old art as well as culture and literature of Multan, which is one of the oldest city of world.

The National Book Foundation in collaboration with national and regional publishers would arrange NBF Book Fair to promote book reading culture at the festival. The main activities of this mega event would include inauguration and concluding ceremonies, books launching, poetry sessions, panel discussions with young writers and female writers, leading literary and academic personalities, local cultural performances and tribute to artists hailing from Multan, display of stalls etc.

This year, it is expected that more than 15,000 persons would visit the festival. This activity is being collaborated with a number of national, provincial and regional government departments, universities and reputed literary organizations including Punjab Higher education Commission, National Book Foundation Pakistan, Radio Pakistan Multan, Multan Tea House, Chamber of Commerce, Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences, an alliance of more than 35 universities and other local literary organizations.

Prof Dr Mohammad Nizamuddin Chairperson Punjab Higher Education Commission along with notable literary personalities would inaugurate the festival.