Staff Reporter
The presidium consisted of Tauseef Tabassum (Islamabad), Aslam Ansari (Multan), Sehar Ansari (Karachi) and Iftikhar Arif (Islamabad). Dr. Ehsan Akbar (Islamabad), Khurshid Rizvi (Lahore),Peerzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui and Shahabuddin Saqib (Aligarh) were the Chief guests. Dr. Yousuf Khushk gave the introductory speech.
Amber Haseeb Amber was the moderator. Poets from all over the country and abroad presented Naatia poetry in Mushaira.
Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Chairman, PAL, while presenting the introductory speech, said that the heart of every Naatkhawan poet is always devoted to the love and affection of the Holy Prophet.
This concept and idea carves out the Naat in different passages and creates a state in the inner chambers of the poet’s heart as a result of which the Naat is revealed.
Jalil Ali (Islamabad), Muhammad Izharul Haq (Islamabad), Anwar Shoor (Karachi), Ali Akbar Abbas (Islamabad), Amjad Islam Amjad (Lahore), Nawaz Deobandi (India), Munawar Hashmi(Islamabad),Atiq Ahmad Jilani (Hyderabad), Mansoor Usmani (India), Wajid Amir (Lahore), Fatima Hassan (Karachi), Yasmeen Hameed (Lahore), Shahida Hassan (Canada), Qamar Warsi (Karachi), Sarwar Javed (Quetta), Ali Muhammad Farshi (Islamabad), Anjum Khaliq (Islamabad), Wafa Chishti (Islamabad), Ishrat Afrin (USA), Mehboob Zafar (Islamabad), Akhtar Usman (Islamabad), Hamida Shaheen (Lahore), Noorin Talat Aruba (USA) , Bushra Farrukh (Peshawar), Anwar Jamal (Multan), Shakeel Jazeb (Islamabad), Ejaz Nomani (Azad Kashmir), Humaira Rahat (Karachi), Ahmad Jahangir (Karachi) and others presented their Naatia Poetry in Mushaira.
