PAL Organizes Online International Naatiya Mushaira

Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Saturday organized an online international Naatiya Mushaira during the holy month of Ramazan

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Apr, 2021 ) :Pakistan academy of Letters (PAL) on Saturday organized an online international Naatiya Mushaira during the holy month of Ramazan.

The Presidium consisted of Tauseef Tabassum (Islamabad), Aslam Ansari (Multan), Sehar Ansari (Karachi) and Iftikhar Arif (Islamabad). Dr. Ehsan Akbar (Islamabad), Khurshid Rizvi (Lahore), Peerzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui and Shahabuddin Saqib (Aligarh). Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Chairman, PAL gave the introductory speech and presented great tribute to the poets "I would like to thank all of the participants for taking part in Naatia Mushaira despite the difficult circumstances prevailing under COVID-19," he said.

Amber Haseeb Amber was the moderator. Poets from all over the country and abroad presented Naatia poetry in Mushaira, said a press release issued here on Saturday.

Different poets and poetess including Jalil Ali (Islamabad), Muhammad Izharul Haq (Islamabad), Anwar Shoor (Karachi), Ali Akbar Abbas (Islamabad), Amjad islam Amjad (Lahore), Nawaz Deobandi (India), Munawar Hashmi (Islamabad), Atiq Ahmad Jilani (Hyderabad), Mansoor Usmani (India), Wajid Amir (Lahore), Fatima Hassan (Karachi), Yasmeen Hameed (Lahore), Shahida Hassan (Canada), Qamar Warsi (Karachi), Sarwar Javed (Quetta), Ali Muhammad Farshi (Islamabad), Anjum Khaliq (Islamabad), Wafa Chishti (Islamabad), Ishrat Afrin (USA), Mehboob Zafar (Islamabad), Akhtar Usman (Islamabad), Hamida Shaheen (Lahore), Noorin Talat Aruba (USA) , Bushra Farrukh (Peshawar), Anwar Jamal (Multan), Shakeel Jazeb (Islamabad), Ejaz Nomani (Azad Kashmir), Humaira Rahat (Karachi), Ahmad Jahangir (Karachi) and others presented their Naatia Poetry in Mushaira.