Some Major Glimpses from the Mehfil-e-Mushaira: 17th August 2k18

Contribution by: The Editorial Team Twin Cities Chapter


On Friday 17th August, Positive Pakistan Foundation in collaboration with a literary official institution, Pakistan Academy of Letters and a well-known literary organization, Inhiraf organized a Mehfil-e-Mushaira at the Conference Hall of Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad. The theme of this literary conference was decided as the Independence Celebrations. The conference hall was houseful with many guests, showed their love for the literature and poetry. This session was chaired by a well-known novelist & poet, Dr. Waheed Ahmed. Famous poets Mr. Imdaad Aakash and Mr. Tariq Naeem joined as Chief Guests of the event. A famous poet from Quetta Sayyid  Naveed Haider Hashmi and Mr. Abid Iqbal Khari, the president Positive Pakistan also joined as Guest of Honor of the event.
The event was headed by Miss. Fakhira Noreen, a young poetess from the Pakistan Academy of Letters. She welcomed the audience along with highlighting the significance of the topic of today's event. It started with the Holy name of Allah. Mr.Waqar Ahmed, the Ambassador Positive Pakistan, recited the HOLY VERSES OF QURAN. Afterword, Mr. Rashid shared some verses of HAMD from his poetry collection. Afterword, the anchor called upon stage Mr.Abid Iqbal Khari to share the brief introduction about the Positive Pakistan Foundation, the largest youth network of Pakistan. Then, Mr. Rehman Hafiz,  the Head of the Inhiraf organization, was called up on the stage for sharing the objectives of the Inharaf organization. He also thanked Positive Pakistan for organizing this literary gathering and promised to work with the team of Positive Pakistan in order to promote the literature in the society in the future.
Then, the anchor called upon the stage the various famous poets to share their festive poetry related to the theme of independence celebrations. The famous poets i.e.,Hassan Abid  Raza,Sayyaid  Zaya-ud-Din Naeem,Abdul Qadir Tabaan, Dr.Aziz Faisal,Rehman Hafeez,Ali Armaan, Imaad Azhar,Ahmed Fareed,Ali Yasir ,Akhtar Raza Saleemi ,Commander Shafique Ahmed Shafique,Saghir Anwar,Imran Aami,Qamar Zaman,Aqeel Shah, Islaam-ul-Din ,Nasir Hussain Nasir and Muhammad Iqbal Baali  showed their beautiful collection of  poetry  about  the Significance of Indedpence and its Celebrations, which was cherished by the whole audience. In the last, Dr. Waheed Ahmed complemented the poetry collection shared by all the poets in the gathering. He also shared some of the beautiful verses from his poetry collection.
In the end, Mr. Abid Iqbal Khari paid tribute to the beautiful poetry collection shared by all the poets in the hall and thanked them for coming and sharing their charismatic poetry. He also presented the souvenirs of shields to all the poets for showing their participation in this Mehfil-e-Mushaira. Later, the President Positive Pakistan adjourned the session with his closing remarks and invited all the guests for the refreshments at the downstairs hall. This networking break provided all the guests a great opportunity to interact with each other.
For this successful event, the whole team of Positive Pakistan really admire and appreciate the efforts of Mr.Akhter Saleem Raza, the head of the Academy of Letters and Mr.Zaffar Iqbal, the Head of Literature Positive Pakistan.