SAHIWAL, March 19 The district government in collaboration with the Sahiwal Government College`s Punjabi Department and the Punjab Lok Boli Mela organised a mushaira here at Jinnah Hall on Wednesday night.

The `All Punjab Punjabi mushaira` is among the series of activities organised by the district government in connection with the ongoing 10-day spring festival. Around 40 Punjabi poets from all over the province recited their poetry.

A number of people, including lawyers, students and political activists appreciated the Punjabi poetry.

The poets who recited their verses included Baba Najmi (Lahore), Afzal Sahir (Lahore), Baba Talib (Kabirwala), Ghulam Husain Nadeem Qadri (Samundari), Tassadaq Bhatti (Renala Khurd), Tajamal Kaleem (Chunian), Sabir Ali Sabir (Kasur), Goga (Sheikhupura), Safdar Dogar (Sucha Soda), Shabbir Husain Shabbir (Lahore), Fakhar Zaman Adil (Tandlianwala), Sarwar Jawi (Depaplur), Prof. Ali Asghar Baloch (Faisalabad), Naseer Baloch (Tandlianwala) and Bashir Faiz.

Commissioner Tariq Mahmood, DCO Muhammad Khan Khichi and district nazim Rai Hasan Nawaz were chief guests.