Bahawalpur, March 06, 2023 (PPI-OT): The four-day celebrations of Bahawalpur Literary and Cultural Festival organized by the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in collaboration with divisional administration, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bahawalpur Museum, Arts Council and other institutions have come to an end.
In these four-day events, Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob, Commissioner Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtasham Anwar, Deputy Commissioner Zaheer Ahmad Jappa, Syed Tabish Alwari, President Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali Maan, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Jami Chandio, Hafeez Khan, Hina Jilani, Sardar Ali Shah, Prof. Dr. Hameed Raza Siddiqui, Mujahid Barelvi, Umbreen Hussain Amber, Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Azhar Faragh, Gul e Nukhiz Akhtar, Mansoor Afaq, Mohsin Bhatti, Naseer Ahmad Nasir, Imran Javed, Anwar Grewal, Usman Khattak, Qaiser Majeed, Prof. Dr. Munir Azhar, Syed Noor, Nasir Adeeb, Amna Mufti, Nazir Leghari, Sheema Kirmani, Rizwan Razi, Oriya Maqbool Jan, Ashraf Sharif, Prof. Shahid Naseem, Sajjad Jahania, Azhar Saleem Majuka, Shakir Hussain Shakir and prominent personalities from across the country including Shaukat Ashfaq participated.
According to Shahzad Ahmed Khalid focal person, this festival is being declared as the flagship event of South Punjab promoting art and literature which has become a national and international recognition of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Bahawalpur for the last three years. This festival is also being described as the celebration Jashn e Baharan the former state of Bahawalpur.
As many as 30,000 people including student’s fraternity from civil society and government and private institutions participated in the festival, along with citizens and students and the Abbasia campus remained the center of attention for various colourful events. The festival included 46 events including recitation and Naat competitions, debates, folk music, media conclave, Rubaru with guest personalities, screening of Urdu films, comedy, talk shows, book launches, and musical shows.
On the last day, 15,000 citizens and students participated in the musical concert held at Abbasia Campus. Vice Chancellor the Islamia University of Bahawalpur Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob thanked Commissioner Bahawalpur Dr. Ehtasham Anwar, Deputy Commissioner Zaheer Ahmad Jappa, President Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali Maan and partner institutions and sponsors and others for participating in these events. He also appreciated the hard work and dedication of the university team and employee’s working day and night in the Literary and Cultural Festival ending it as memorable event of the year.
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