Wahid Bashir's poetic collection launched

Poet's life is an open book that shows his life. He put his entire life's experience in the form of beautiful verses that has diction and facts of life in its totality.
This was the consensus at the launching of poetic collection "Jo Aitbar Kiya" by renowned journalist and poet, Wahid Bashir, at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday.
Noor Muhammad Sheikh, eminent educationist, traversed on Wahid Bashir's life from Hyderabad (Deccan) to a small, dingy room in Karachi. Born in 1930, Wahid Bashir saw life eye-to-eye and never compromised on his principles.
He was an ardent follower of the famous poet and revolutionary, Makhdoom Mohiuddin, and lived his whole life as a faithful disciple and ideologist.
Anis Zaidi informed the audience about the selflessness of Wahid Bashir. The poet had no intention of publishing his poetic work but was persuaded by his friends to do it.
Zaidi praised Wahid Bashir's grasp on the language that produced verses of exceptional beauty and aesthetic value while still managing to describe the social injustice in his verses.
Sarwar Jawed praised the poet and described his untiring struggle for bringing dignity and justice to oppressed masses of Pakistan. The poet could easily be compared with Faiz Ahmed Faiz in challenging life's arduous and thorny treatment. He said beauty in the verses reveal themselves despite the simple choice of words.
Anwar Hasan Siddiqui described the poet as a self-critique, who had the courage to face the world and life at the same time.
Wahid Bashir was full of humility and absolved himself of all praises showered upon him. He recited his own verses with pathos and conviction - a hallmark of the poet.
Shaista Zaidi was precise but made her point loud and clear when she said the poet and his wife were true comrades with truth written on their determination and courage for their cherished goal - the enhancement of the poor of the world.
Khalid Alig simply could not say anything, claiming he could not make speeches. But he recited verses from the first poetic collection of the poet, "Cactus Ka Phool" with relish and joy written on his thin and drawn face.