Literary session held in Quetta to mark Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi centenary

QUETTA: A ceremony was held on 2 November at the Noori Naseer Khan Culture Complex, Spini Road, Quetta, to mark the centenary celebrations of renowned Balochi poet, writer and scholar Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi. It was organised by the Directorate of Culture, Government of Balochistan.

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch chaired the ceremony. Special sessions were held under the title “Dialogue and the Diwan of Poetry”.

Director Culture Dr Dawood Tareen, the Director General of the Khana-e-Farhang Iran, and Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Kulsoom Nawaz attended. Prominent literary figures, poets, researchers and lovers of literature from across the province also took part in large numbers.

Speakers paid warm tribute to Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi’s valuable services to the Balochi language, lexicography and literature. They stressed that it is the responsibility of all to keep his literary heritage alive and pass it on to the new generation.

At the end of the ceremony, guests and participants praised the Directorate of Culture, Government of Balochistan, for holding the successful literary session.

Photo: Courtesy DGPR Balochistan