PAL Organizes Int'l Online Women 'Hamdiya & Naatia Mushaira'

ISLAMABAD, May 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th May, 2021 ) :Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Saturday organized first international online women 'Hamdiya and Naatia Mushaira', as a part of a its series of Mushairas being organized by the academy in the holy month of Ramazan.

Eminent scholar and poet Sarwat Mohiddin presided over the Mushaira.

Dr. Sehar Imdad Hussaini (Karachi) and Najma Mansoor (Sarghoda) was the chief guests on the occasion while Dr. Ayesha Masood moderated the event.

Yasmeen Sehar (Jehlum), Abida Taqi (Islamabad), Bina Gowindi (USA) and Dr. Syada Amna Bahar (Muzaffarabad) were the guests of honour.

Eminent poets including Iman Qaisrani (Dera Ghazi Khan), Rukhsana Saba (Karachi), Shahida Sardar (Peshawar), Ghazala Ghazal (Peshawar), Mahmooda Ghazi (Islamabad), Samina Qadir (Peshawar), Riffat Wahid (Rawalpindi), Shafqat Hayat (Taxila), Farah Asad (Peshawar), Maqsooda Hussain (Rawalpindi), Samina Gul (Sarghoda), Sabeen Yunas (USA), Saba Javed (Peshawar), Qudsia Qudosi (Malaysia), Naseem Naz (Peshawar), Jahan Ara Tabussam (Quetta), Sehar Ali (Karachi), Arfana Amir (Gujranwala) and Komal Joiya (Kabeer Wala) presented their Hamdiya and Naatia poetry in the online event.