Urdu seminar by GUC

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Gulf Urdu Council, a newly-formed body of Indian and Pakistani expats, is organizing a poetry evening in Jeddah on Thursday. Eminent poet and Vice Chancellor of Pakistan’s Ziauddin University Peerzada Qasim will preside over the function. Director of National Council for promoting Urdu language in India Prof. Irteza Kareem will be the special guest and noted poet Khalid Irfan will be the guest of honor. Poets from the Gulf include Ahmed Adil, Dr. Ashfaq Nasir, Rukhsar Nazim Abadi, Sohail Saqib, Sadaqat Tirmeezi, Hisham Syed, and Nadeem Mahir. A seminar titled “Urdu in the Gulf” will also be organized on Friday under the presidentship of Prof. Irteza Kareem. Those who will present their papers include Shahabuddin Ahmed, Sameera Aziz, Mahtab Qadr, Athar Nafees Abbasi, Siraj Wahab, and Naeem Javed.