SPEAKERS at a seminar on Thursday paid homage to father of Urdu journalism, poet and a leader of Pakistan Movement Maulana Zafar Ali Khan.
The event was organised by Punjab University’s Institute of Communication Studies (PUICS) and Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Trust on the eve of 139th birth anniversary of the legendary journalist who through his writings wanted to free the nation from the yoke of slavery.
Renowned journalist Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami presided over the seminar while Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) president Jamil Athar, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan Trust’s chairman Khalid Mahmood, journalists, columnists and faculty members and students attended the event.
Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami said Maulana Zafar Ali Khan played a pivotal role in Pakistan Movement, adding there was need to follow his footsteps for progress and prosperity of Pakistan. He further said the legendary journalist sacrificed a lot for the freedom of Muslim Ummah. Jamil Athar said it was because of his writings that we were living in an independent country.
Khalid Mahmood and PUICS director Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz also spoke while a cake was also cut at the end on the eve of 139th birth anniversary of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan.
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