Rawal Literature Festival 2023 started at the Punjab Council of the Arts (PAC) on Tuesday.
The inaugural session was presided over by renowned poet and writer Dr Ehsan Akbar, while Irfan Ahmed Urfi hosted the session.
While addressing the opening ceremony Dr.Ehsan Akbar said that the Rawal literature festival was an excellent effort to promote literature in the region.
“For many decades, he said that a large-scale literary festival has not been organized in the Potohar region.” Director of Arts Council Waqar Ahmed said that a nation whose culture dies cannot survive. “There are many hatreds and quarrels in our society and we have to end these hatreds by developing literature and culture.” Waqar said that the message of brotherhood, peace and friendship will connect the youth of Pakistan with literature and culture through the festival. Assistant Director PAC Muhammad Suleman on the occasion said that the literary fair contains the treasures of knowledge. “Intellectual construction is also indispensable, along with the construction of buildings in any country,” he added.
