Mother Languages Literary Festival Concludes At Lok Virsa

A two-day Pakistan Mother Languages Literary Festival concluded here at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) with pledge to continue efforts for promoting all National languages of the country

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Feb, 2018 ) :A two-day Pakistan Mother Languages Literary Festival concluded here at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) with pledge to continue efforts for promoting all National languages of the country.

The two-day festival was organized by Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) in collaboration with Lok Virsa and Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO). Chairperson of Indus Cultural Forum Niaz Nadeem thanked all scholars for attending two-day festival and sponsors for supporting the festival.

He announced that the fourth Pakistan Mother Languages Literature Festival will be held on February 16 and 17 in Islamabad. He also announced that in the next festival, awards will be given on the books and works of Pakistani mother languages, details of which will be revealed later.� This year festival was sponsored by Sindh Government's Department of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI), Lok Virsa and Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS).� Representing Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) Nargis Sultana said the festival aimed at promoting reading and learning culture in mother languages.

She said promotion of mother languages literature will help create harmony peace in Pakistan.� ICF Secretary General Munawar Hassan said over five thousand people visited the festival and participation this year was as encouraging as in past.

He said over 100 writers, poets and artists presented their work and participated in discussions on divers literary and cultural topics. He said around 20 languages were represented in the festival.

Next year, more languages will be encouraged to participate.� On this occasion book stalls, showcasing books from different Pakistani languages, were also established to provide easy access to literature in these languages.� During two-day festival cultural and musical evening was organized to entertain the delegates of the conference.

The folk singers from across the country including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir performed in the musical shows and got big applause from the audience at Lok Virsa Open Air theatre.