Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary, cultural and social welfare organisation, has published the work of Hindko mystic poet Sain Ahmad Ali in a single volume.
An eminent Hindko poet, writer and research scholar, Professor Khatir Ghaznavi presided over the launching ceremony of the book, "Kulyaat-e-Sain" held at the Mohsin Hall of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A Pushtoon intellectual and Sarhad Tourism Corporation Managing Director Khushdil Khan was the chief guest on the occasion.
The speakers termed the poetry of Sain Ahmad Ali as an asset to Hindko language and literature and praised the Gandhara Hindko Board and its Senior Vice-chairman Mohammad Ismail Awan for bringing the poetic work of the great mystic in a single volume.
Gandhara Hindko Board Chairman Professor Dr Zahoor Ahmad Awan (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) saluted Mohammad Ismail Awan for compiling a 600-page book of the Sain poetry after putting in efforts for two years. Zahoor announced that he was translating the poetry of Sain Ahmad Ali into Urdu and English, adding the board would soon publish that as an international edition.
Mohammad Ismail Awan, Assistant Professor Dr Adnan Gul, Mohammad Ziauddin, Dr Salahuddin, Yousaf Chishti, Sharafat Ali Mubarak and others also talked about the work of Sain Ahmad Ali who was born in the walled city of Peshawar in year 1842 and died on April 13, 1937.-PR
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