By Asim Hussain
ISLAMABAD: Progressive Writers Association Islamabad (PWAI) in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Thursday organized an event titled “Zikr-e-Faiz” in connection with 111th Birthday of Faiz Ahmad Faiz. Eminent scholar Amer Sindh presided over the ceremony while Salima Hashmi was guest of honour on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion Chairman PAL Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Haris Khaleeq, and Masheel Fatima shed light on the life and literary contributions of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, said a news release issued here. The speakers said Faiz continually was one of the best modern Urdu poet, adding, his work was written in fairly strict literature while his poems maintained a casual, conversational tone, creating tension between the elite and the common, somewhat in the tradition of Ghalib, the reknowned 19th century Urdu poet.
