STATE TIMES NEWS
RAMBAN: A state level Urdu Conference cum Mushaira was organised by Tehreek Baqa-e-Urdu(TBEU) under the supervision of Khurshid Ahmed Tantray President TBEU, Pirpanchal in collaboration with the Department of Information(DOI) at Ramban on Thursday.
On the occasion Aiyaz Rasool Nazki was the Chief Guest and the District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ramban, Farooq Ahmed Shah Bukhari presided over the proceedings while as Manshoor Banihali and Rehmatullah Runyal were the Guests of Honour.
The conference began with the presentation of a detailed account of the annual achievements by TBEU.
Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Wani, Prof. Mohi-ud-Din Zor, Nusrat Malik, Rehmatullah Runyal, Manshoor Banihali and Aftab Manhas were among the prominent Urdu writers who were present on the occasion.
A book, Nakad-e-Safar written by Aftab Ahmed Aftab Banihali and an Urdu Calendar 2015 were also released. It was followed by a unanimous resolution for the creation of a separate ministry for the promotion of Urdu in J and K.
Later, a Mushaira organised by DOI was presided over by Sageer Mirza, Zulfiqar Naqvi, Prof. Shehjehan Aftab, District Information Officer, (DIO), Ramban, Tanveer-ul-Majid.
Rafi Ahmed Parray, Mohammad Ashraf Gohar, Imtiaz Ahmed Bhallesvi, Shabir Hussain Shabir, Hukam Chand Sehgal, Nadeem Mahi, Bahar Ahmed Bahar, Sahil Masrat, M. Shafi Jeral, Prof. Shehjehan Aftab, Dr. Khalid Rasool, the moderator Abdul Khaliq Ganai and Zilfiqar Naqvi recited their couplets.
Ishrat Kashmiri was posthumously conferred with Mulkhraj Saraf Award, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Nawab Din Kasana with the Shaan-e-Urdu and Hamdi Kashmiri the Maharaja Pratap Singh Award for their distinguished contribution in the promotion of Urdu.
In his presidential address, Bukhari exhorted the citizens of J and K to teach their children the Urdu language in addition to other languages and subjects and advised them not to feel berated in using Urdu language in their day to day conversations, working and writing notes, etc.
As many as seven Secondary level and 3 Higher Secondary level students from Banihal were awarded with medals and certificates for their meritorious performance in an Urdu essay competition held at Banihal on June 29 this year. Their subject teachers were also felicitated on the occasion.
Dr. Imtiaz Bhallesvi was unanimously nominated as the spokesman of the TBEU.
The conference concluded with the vote of thanks presented by the DIO, Tanveer-ul-Majid.