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PAL organises Faiz Ahmed Faiz National Literary seminar
Islamabad
February 16, 2021
Islamabad:Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Monday organised ‘Faiz Ahmed Faiz National Literary’ seminar on the occasion of 110th birth anniversary of Urdu legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Speaking on the occasion Federal Minister for Professional Training and National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood said although Faiz Ahmed Faiz was not physically present with us today but his every poem and every word was the beating of our heart.
He said that Faiz Ahmed Faiz spent his entire life in struggle and truly expressed the aspirations of his people.
Former bureaucrat Roedad Khan has urged the Supreme Court (SC) to take notice of the proposed establishment of an observatory and a museum in Shakarparian Hills Park. Photo courtesy Supreme Court website/File
ISLAMABAD: Former bureaucrat Roedad Khan has urged the Supreme Court (SC) to take notice of the proposed establishment of an observatory and a museum in Shakarparian Hills Park.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) is all set to set up the observatory and museum in the historical Shakarparian park where the then president Ayub Khan chaired a cabinet meeting and approved Islamabad’s master plan in 1960.
• Public places, parks already shrinking, Dr Hoodbhoy says
• Vacant govt land, other high altitude areas ignored
ISLAMABAD: With the Ministry of Science and Technology all set to establish an observatory and space museum in Shakarparian Hills, several voices of dissent have emerged over the site earmarked for the facility.
A number of experts believe that a public park was not an ideal location where such a project should be executed.
“Public places and parks are already shrinking, therefore there is no logic behind establishing the observatory in a park. This step will be tantamount to encroachment,” says Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy, renowned scholar and nuclear physicist.
Islamabad
February 2, 2021
Islamabad:Intezar Hussain was praised as a trend-setting novelist, critic, writer, researcher and intellectual during a national literary seminar organised by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the noted member of Pakistani literati.
The event was presided over by Prof. Fateh Mohammad Malik and attended by poet Kishwar Naheed as a special guest. PAL chairman Dr. Yousuf Khushk gave the introductory speech. Dr. Inam-ul-Haq Javed, Mohammad Hameed Shahid, Prof. Dr. Sofia Yousaf, Dr. Salahuddin Darwish, Dr. Farid Hussaini and Dr. Saira Alvi and Farida Hafeez spoke on the occasion. Mehboob Zafar was the moderator.