The two-day colourful programme will be held from October 6-7 at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts Auditorium.

Qavi Khan, renowned T.V and Film star will enact as Faiz. Rahat Multanikar, the talented singer, will also be the part of this programme and will sing Faiz. It is a tribute to Faiz through this unique dramatic production.

The programme will be presented in two parts. The first part will be devoted to the distribution of awards whereas the second part will comprise of a theatrical performance to highlight Faiz and his poetry.

Perveen Shakir Trust has a tradition to give away awards for the best poetry of the year. The awards were pending since last three years.

According to Jury the awards of the Annual Perveen Shakir "Aks-e-Khushbu Award" for the best poetry book of the year will be given away to Shehzad Nayyar for "Chak se Utre Wajood" (2009), Hassan Abbasi for "Ik Sham Tumharay Jaisi" (2010) and Ahmed Ata Ullah for "Hamaisha" (2011).

The Annual Gold medals will be granted to three students of different universities standing first in the M.A. English exam for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.