Tag: Remembered

Alhamra, Lahore Arts Council and Yadein, organized a reference in commemoration of veteran actor Jamil Fakhri who died recently in Lahore. Presided over by Syed...

Khawaja Parvez, who passed away on Monday, June 20, 2011, was remembered greatly by his friends, contemporaries and other poets who paid a tribute...

LAHORE - At a national level condolence reference on Dr Nabi Bakhsh Baloch, organized by PINA in Lahore, the speakers eulogized him as one of the greatest scholars, education researcher and living spirit of Pakistani unity.
The participants called for instituting chairs at various universities of Pakistan in memory of his unmatched contribution in the fields of history, literature, Sindhi language and education. The meeting also demanded that 100 great books of Islamic

LAHORE - To keep alive the memories of Bob Woolmer, who died tragically during the 2007 World Cup, many memorial services were held at different churches in Karachi on his death anniversary on Friday. However, the PCB did not arrange any ceremony in memory of one of the most cherished coach of Pakistan team. Woolmer died on March 18, one day after Pakistan were knocked out of the 2007 World Cup by minnows Ireland in one of the biggest upsets in cricket history. Although initial

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday paid tribute to Pir Sabghatullah Shah Rashidi alias Soorah Badshah (Brave King) for his struggle against the British rule. The resolution was moved by PML-F's Marvi Rashdi and Nusrat Saher Abbasi, PPP's Anwar Maher, PML-Q's Abdul Razaque Rahimoon, MQM's Moin Aamir Pirzada and others to acknowledge the struggles of Soorah Badshah.
The British had hanged Rashidi in March 1943 for his resistance against the British rule. His death anniversary

ISLAMABAD - Habib Jalib's poetry influenced all sections of society and gained appreciation not only from critics but also from general readers, labourers and activists, Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik said on Tuesday. Malik was presiding over the "Habib Jalib Seminar" organised by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in connection with the death anniversary of Habib Jalib.
Professor Yousaf Hassan, Akhtar Usman, Dr Ravish Nadeem, Jalil Aali, Shakeel Akhtar, Gul Bahadur Yousafzai

KARACHI - There is a need to initiate a move for the development of the Sindhi language just like religious scholars and leaders do for promoting their religions, said Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro. He said this while addressing the two-day national literary conference on 'Analysis of promotion of Sindhi language and literature' organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Sindhi Department in collaboration with the Higher Education

KARACHI - The services of veteran journalist, Late MA Zuberi were remembered at a condolence reference held at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday. The speakers at the reference lauded the contribution of Mr Zuberi in the field of journalism. They said that Mr Zuberi was the pioneer of economic journalism in the country.
Mr Zuberi was also the founding member of Karachi Press Club and he also played a key role in preparation of the constitution of Pakistan Federal Union of

KARACHI - Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was a great journalist and political leader and a fiery orator and his role during the Khilafat Movement has been documented in history with golden words, said Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Sharmila Farooqui on Tuesday.
"There are many things which the new generation can learn from Johar because he believed in democracy and struggled against undemocratic forces in the same manner in which the PPP has," she said while speaking

ISLAMABAD - Literature lovers across the country paid glowing tributes to Mirza Ghalib for his marvelous contribution in Urdu poetry and ghazals on his 213 birth anniversary on Monday.
Literary organizations arranged different activities including conferences and seminars to mark the birth anniversary of Ghalib, who is regarded as one of the greatest Urdu poets. Talking to APP, Chairman of the National Language Authority (NLA) Iftikhar Arif said that Ghalib played a great role in

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) observed former PM and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto's 3rd death anniversary on Monday across the city with a pledge to continue PPP founder and former PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's (ZAB) and Benazir's mission for parliament's supremacy.
Like other parts of the country, PPP Lahore chapter office bearers and workers commemorated Benazir's 3rd death anniversary by organising Quran khawani, candle-lit vigils, rallies and seminars.
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