KARACHI:The 14th International Urdu Conference, the largest festival in the world of literature, will be held in Arts Council Karachi from December 9 to 12.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmad Shah said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah would likely to inaugurate
the Conference on December 9, at 3 pm in Arts Council Karachi.
The conference included sessions in which scholars of Urdu world will have scholarly discussions on their subjects, said a news release.
Sham-e-faiz will be held on the first day of the conference along with a musical program.
Representatives of sponsored Urdu Conference Bank of Punjab, Salam Takaful, and iTecknologi. Director-General Culture Sindh Aleem Lashari, CEO Salam Takaful Rizwan Hussain and Salman Hussain, CEO of iTecknologi will also likely to attend the conference while those who will not come may join on the digital system.
Ahmad Shah said the conference had been attributed to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence.
Explaining the details of the conference, he said on the second day of the conference, sessions on the modern situation of Urdu novel, the situation of sacred literature, children’s literature and new world, the situation of translation, book launch, Iqbal, and the present, Sahir Ludhianvi, would be held.
“Years of Urdu and Media, Sheikh Ayaz, Kamran Khan’s Conversation, Seraiki Language and Literature, We Are All Hopeful, Ibn-e-Insha and International Poetry”, he added.
On the third day, Urdu Fiction Commentary, Form and Meaning of Urdu Poetry, Book Review Ceremony, Memoirs, Book Launch, Seventy-Five Years of Education, Socio-Cultural Scenario of Pakistan, Punjabi Language and Literature, Book launch in Memory of Ada Jafri Mushtaq Ahmad Yousifi, Seventy-Five Years of Balochi Literature, Situation of Our Arts, International Poetry will be discussed.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Executive Officer iTecknologi, Salam Takaful Rizwan Hussain said development was not possible unless the private sector comes forward for the promotion of culture.
