FAISALABAD:The Lyallpur Literary Council (LLC) will organise the 9th Faisalabad Literary Festival (FLF) at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan hall on Nov 25-26, 2022. Renowned writers, poets, intellectuals and other prominent personalities belonging to music, painting and other arts will participate in it.
A spokesman for the LLC said that Asghar Nadeem Syed, Musadaq Zulqarnain, Dr Arifa Syeda Zahara, Kishwer Naheed, Sara Hayat and Shiba Aalam will address the opening session of FLF. Among the participants of other events of the first day include Moneeza Hashmi, Zafar Masood, President Bank of Punjab, Iftikhar Arif, Khalid Masood, Abbas Tabish, Hameeda Shaheen, Nasira Zubari, Dr. Zia-ul-Hassan, Anjum Saleemi, Shakeel Jazib, Adnan Baig, Hammad Niazi, Rehman Farsi, Dr. Tahira Iqbal, Muhammad Hameed Shahid, Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayar, Amjad Tufail, Farrukh Sohail Goendi, Dr. Khola Cheema, Nasir Dhiloon, Dr. Toheed Chattah and Haris Khaleeq, he said.
The launching ceremony of an English language book “The Other in The Mirror” would also be held, he added. This book has been authored by Sehar Mirza. He further said that the participants of different events of the second day of FLF include Dr. Shoukat Mahmood, Javid Iqbal, Zulfqar Ali Zulfi, Mussharaf Ali Farooqi, Osama Siddique, Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyer, Sheeba Aalam, Azmul Haq, Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, Saleema Hashmi, Rashid Rana, Quddoos Mirza, Warda Shabbir, Sarmad Sultan Khusat, Sania Saeed, Touseeq Haider, Surriya Multanikar, Rahat Multanikar and Monaza Aalam.
The launching ceremony of the books “Muaaraf-e-Ghalib” of Mehr Muhammad Sadiq, “Phertahai Falak Bursoon” written Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, “Heran Sare Bazar” by Haris Khaliq and “Herat ka Bagh” authored by Muhammad Hameed Shahid would also be held on second day of FLF. This colorful sensitizing event has a diversity of programs relating to art, literature and culture. The debates, discussions, book launching ceremonies and other programs are widely acknowledged and appreciated by local scholars who are anxiously waiting for it, he said.