Ahmad Faraz: Governor, poets pay homage to late Faraz

To pay homage to the renowned poet, late Ahmad Faraz, Anjuman-e-Taraqi-e-Urdu Kohat arranged a Mushaira at Kohat wherein the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar was the chief guest. More than twenty prominent poets from across the country, besides a large number of their local counterparts, educationists, writers and elites of the city participated in the event. The Mushaira was a major event of the 2-day Kohat Cultural Festival arranged by the District Administration, Kohat. The Secretary of the Anjuman, Shahid Zaman conducted the Mushaira. The Governor who is the younger brother of the late poet, in his brief remarks on this occasion said that late Ahmad Faraz was a great asset for the country and being the towering personality of Urdu literature in particular, he influenced the countrymen in general and the Kohatians in particular to an extent that they not only used to but still consider him as one of their family members. Appreciating the Anjuman-e-Taraqi-e-Urdu and the Kohat administration, for remembering the great poet, the Governor said that late Ahmad Faraz is still alive because of his works in the minds and hearts of the people and the presence of such a large number of poets as well as other dignitaries is a clear depiction of this reality in this respect.