Two-day Urdu literature festival from tomorrow

Islamabad, A two-day Urdu literature festival is going to be started at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology tomorrow and afternoon session will be organized at Islamabad hotel. The event will be arranged by Perveen Shakir Trust to bring opportunity for writers, intellectuals and academics to highlight the issues which are being observed byUrdu language. Various famous personalities will participate in the festival including Mustansar Hussain Tarar and Talat Hussain. Poetry and short stories will be delivered for the visitors in a joyful way. Talat Hussain will read the poetry of Noon Meem Rashid. A famous singer Sara Raza Khan will perform a ghazal in evening. 

 

The festival aims to enhance the Pakistani literature and young writers. The transformation of cultural heritage and famous should be transferred and promoted to next generation. Now a days English literature has gotten more value than Urdu which is alarming situation so it is necessary that steps should be taken to promote Urdu language and literature.

 

A huge number of famous and new writers and poets from remote areas like Hangu, Swat and others areas will attend the festival. Young writers,  Haleema Bushra, hailing from Hangu, will be awarded for appreciation of her work in Urdu literature. Another student from the Peshawar University will also be awarded with gold medal.  Perveen Shakir Best Fiction Award will be presented to Rosie Dastagir, a British writer of Pakistani origin, for her novel “A Small Fortune”. In the festival Pakistani literature converted in Italian language will also be available.