The provincial Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department in collaboration with Punjab Institute of Language Art and Culture, will hold a Punjabi Mushaira, in connection with the Urs of Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Shakarganj, on Tuesday. Speaker PA Afzal Sahi will be the chief guest while Munir Niazi will preside over the Mushaira.
Minister Auqaf and Religions Affairs Sahibzada Saeed ul Hassan, Secretary Mohammad Javed Iqbal Awan, Director General Institute of Language Art and Culture Dr Shahzad Qaisar, Professor Asmat Ullah Zahid, Chairman, Department of Punjabi, Punjab University and various other renowned scholars will also attend the event. Poets from all across the province will participate in the Mushaira.
Those who have confirmed their participation are: Zafar Iqbal, Munoo Bhai, Nasreen Anjum Bhatti, Dr Younas Ahqar, Raja Risalo, Saeen Akhtar, Salim Kashir, Anwar Masood, Hussain Shad, Bushara Ijaz, Professor Ashiq Raheel, Dr Naheed Shahid, Dr Moeen Nizami, Shakir Shujabadi, Neelma Durrani, Abbas Najmi, Khalid Iqbal Yasir, Lateef Sahil, Javed Sheeda, Imran Naqvi, Munawar Sultana, Sughra Sadaf, Professor Saadat Ali, Saqib Zahid Hassan, Khurshid Kamal, Amanullah Arshad, Mumtaz Asim, Jehangir Mukhlis, Tanvir Zahoor, Baba Khushi Mohammad Nisar, Ali Arshad Mir, Afzal Sahir, Raja Sadiq Ullah, Dr Shaista Nuzhat and Dr Ajmal Niazi.