At one time, Urdu literature and journalism had a very close relationship because prominent poets and writers like Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar and Faiz Ahmad Faiz used to be editors of newspapers and magazines.news world ahmed
These were very educated and sophisticated people, but their journalism was very rude. In this ruthlessness, there was resistance not only to abusiveness but also to the supremacy and this resistance is still recognized in them. As Urdu literature and journalism became weaker, journalism became dominant.news world ahmed
Today's journalism is very profound and hands are laid in front of the powerful and their eyes are bowed. Most journalists today speak the same truth as what they are told, which is silenced when they are not allowed to speak the truth.
If a voracious journalist tries to be a feast or a jerk, he is silenced in the name of patriotism, and he who refuses to remain silent becomes a traitor and his attempt to suppress his voice begins.
In the days of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Johar and Faiz, the journalists knew their enemy. They knew who put the restrictions, who put them in the jails, and the whipping. Today's journalism is often confronted by unknown enemies who hide behind a wall. Aqeel Abbas Jafri had said about these unknown persons
Unknown people first set fire to the city
And then sing the songs of peace unknown people
Looks like there aren't any cheats
Don't see all the unknowns
Anyone who tries to find out these unknowns is missing. Now people are also being hired to scare newspapers and to protest against those who block the streets, beat and beat the police and see only the spectators standing in front of them.
In this era of threats and sanctions, Ahmed Shah, president of the Karachi Arts Council, told us that he was holding the 12th World Urdu Conference and wanted to discuss whether Urdu literature and journalism were falling.
Hearing this, I became worried about Ahmed Shah but then thought that this guy was an old player who played in danger in Karachi, if he was inviting us to scream against oppression. The invitation should be accepted immediately.
When Khaksar arrived in Karachi to attend this World Urdu Conference, which was held at Karachi Arts Council from December 5 to 8, it seemed that the conference was few and far between, representing every language and language of Pakistan.
At the conference, it was discovered that a session on Urdu and Baloch poetry had started and on the other side the session was going on with Kishor Naheed. I wanted to attend both.
Ahmed Shah and Haris Khaliq first took me to a conversation with Baloch poets where they had the opportunity to listen to arrogant words of AR Dad, Afzal Murad, Ghafoor Shad, Waheed Noor and Imran Saqib, as well as their beautiful Urdu poetry. Ahmad Shah, along with his comrades, had done wonders.
The importance of all these languages was also highlighted to link Urdu language with Pakistan's most important languages. Urdu poets seem to be silent today on the topics on which the Baloch poets complained. Sindh literature was discussed by Jami Chandio, Fahmida Hussain, Syed Mazhar Jamil, Mumtaz Bukhari and Qasim Rajpar while Abbasin Yousafzai highlighted Pukhtoon culture.
On the Punjabi literature, Mahmud Sham, Tarwat Mohi-ud-din and Mohammad Haneef spoke beautifully with Asim Shirazi while Naeem Bukhari's chatter with Arshad Mehmood was also representative of Punjabi culture and tone. The conference represented every language and every school of thought. There were smiling elders, even angry young men.
Iftikhar Arif, Amjad Islam Amjad, Hussina Moin, Zahida Hina, Anwar Masood, Amar Jalil, Noor Alhadi Shah, Shamim Hanafi, Zahra Angah, Tehsin Faraki and Fatima Hassan were also present. Somewhere, Wassatullah Khan, Mazhar Abbas, Owais Tawheed and His Excellency Al-Karim were reading the liberation journalism, while Sohail Warraich and evangelist Zaidi were showing optimism.news world ahmed
Asma Shirazi started talking to me on the lawn of the Arts Council, and then we said something that we cannot write in the newspaper or speak on TV. The biggest beauty of this Urdu conference was freedom of expression and we addressed the enemies of freedom and said, "If you want to have a dialogue with us, we are ready for dialogue and if we want to fight we are ready for war." Are.
I said with sorrow that Urdu is the same state of cricket today. Urdu Legs and arms appear broken on newspapers and TV screens because Urdu is our national language but could not become the official language.current world news
Article 251 of the Constitution of Pakistan promised to make Urdu the official language in fifteen years, but the martial law made all the difference. In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that Urdu should be made the official language and CSS should also be taken in Urdu.current world news
After the Supreme Court's decision, the Supreme Court also issued its decisions in English, not in Urdu. I submitted that Urdu should be made the official language and Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Seraiki and other languages should be given the national language status.current world news
The resolution was approved by everyone. After this session I also attended an evening celebrated with Seraiki-language poet Iqbal Sokari. At this World Urdu Conference, the beautiful and painstaking poem of Imran Saqib, a Baloch poet from Gwadar, was greatly impressed.current world news
The journey is surrounded by desert storms, missing
The human being has been deprived of his degree, is missing
A long way on which the smoke chain flows
The distance there, the distance, is missing
Look, it's just a race that is unmatched
It disappears from a standoff
The crowd is running like a scattering herd
That the direction of those who think, is missing
Those whose soul has died from the root are moving
The one who is buried in the resurrection is missing
Prayers come before the beggar
On earth, the God of the poor is missing
Saqib is the customer of all lies in Jhel Bazaar
The one who speaks the truth in this environment is missing current world news