ISLAMABAD: The second International Urdu Journalism conference and book fair organised by the National Language Promotion Department (NLPD) will be inaugurated on Wednesday (today) by Adviser to the Prime Minister Engineer Amir Muqam.

‘The Urdu journalism conference will be only for a day while and book fair’ will be held three days. The event is being organised in connection with Pakistan’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in NLPD building in Sector H-8.

According to a statement, the conference will have three sessions. The chief guest at the inaugural session of the conference will be the Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Heritage and Culture Division Amir Muqam.

He will also inaugurate the book fair, manuscript exhibition, model library and the alpha version machine translation on the occasion.

Federal Secretary of the Division Farina Mazhar, Director General Dr Rashid Hameed, Iftikhar Arif, Mujibur Rahman Shami, Raza Ali Abidi (UK), Hafeez ullah Niazi, Ashfaq Hussain (Canada) and Saleem Safi will express their views. Senior journalist Nawaz Raza will preside over the second session. Tahir Khalil, Tazeen Akhtar, Anwar Raza, Mian Shahid and Syed Shafiq Kazmi will be the special guests. While the concluding session will be presided over by journalist Hanif Khalid. Special Guests includes Zahoor Niazi (UK), Dr. Farooq Adil, Afzal Butt, Rukhsana Solat, Aziz Alvi, Bina Goindi (USA), Azhar Saleem Majuka, Shafiq Murad (Germany) and Khalid Gardezi.

Book fair, exhibition of manuscripts and exhibition of model library will continue for three days.

Publishers will provide their books at special discounted rates at the exhibition.

Published in Dawn, June 21st, 2023