Faiz Ahmed Faiz was the voice of the poor people’s conscience and his poetry is like a beacon of light for the oppressed sections of society. Faiz 100th birth anniversary will be observed in 2011 and this year will be declared as Faiz’s year during which PAL will hold ceremonies, seminars and conferences throughout the world on Faiz. Given details of the programs in Faiz’s year, Fakhar Zaman said that Progressive Writers Movement will cooperate with PAL in this regard.
Faiz Centenary committee will organize programmes at national and international level. An international conference in Sweden, Britain and Canada will also be held.
The coordination Afro Asian Writers Association will be made to hold ceremonies about Faiz. He said that a voluminous book on Faiz will be published and his poetry will be translated in UNESCO languages by PAL.
The committee on provincial level include Hameed Akhter and I. A Rehman from Punjab, Yousaf Jamal and Badaruddin Ujjan from Sindh, Senetar Abdullah Mondokhel and Dr. Shah Mohammad Marri from Balochistan, Saleem Raz and Latif Afridi from Pakhtoon Khawa and Agha Nasir and Sajida Shah from Islamabad. (For more information, please click HERE.)
Faiz Centenary committee will organize programmes at national and international level. An international conference in Sweden, Britain and Canada will also be held.
The coordination Afro Asian Writers Association will be made to hold ceremonies about Faiz. He said that a voluminous book on Faiz will be published and his poetry will be translated in UNESCO languages by PAL.
The committee on provincial level include Hameed Akhter and I. A Rehman from Punjab, Yousaf Jamal and Badaruddin Ujjan from Sindh, Senetar Abdullah Mondokhel and Dr. Shah Mohammad Marri from Balochistan, Saleem Raz and Latif Afridi from Pakhtoon Khawa and Agha Nasir and Sajida Shah from Islamabad. (For more information, please click HERE.)
