‘Pakistani media is a source of confusion’

The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) invited prominent short story writer, novelist, poet and journalist Anwar Sun Rai as the chief guest in the programme “Writer in Town” on Friday.
Speaking at the occasion, Anwar said that Pakistani media was a source of confusion among the people as it was confused itself. However, the international media was in a position to influence people’s minds and mould their opinion, he added. He said that the western media was as biased as the media in many of the developing countries.
Discussing the trends in literature with the writers of the twin cities, he said that the Latin America holds the honour to produce best literature in the world in the modern time. However, India was also among the countries, which have major contribution in forming the world literary scene. Anwar Sun Rai also shared his literary career with the audience and presented his story to them as well. PAL Director and writer Muhammad Asim Butt, while opening the ceremony, briefed the audience about the literary achievements of Anwar Sun Rai, adding that he was a very competent journalist with a career in journalism of 35 years. Anwar Sun Rai’s novel “Cheekh”, which appeared in 1980’s, earned him a prominent place in the Urdu literary scenario. Other writers, including Ali Muhammad Farshi, Muhammad Hameed Shahid, Fareeda Hafeez, Jalil Aali, Dr Arshad Waheed, Dr Salah-ud-Din Darvaish, Idrees Babar and Ravish Nadeem, also expressed their appreciation of Anwar Sun Rai’s work.