Pakistan Acad-emy of Letters (PAL) will launch the special issue of quarterly Adbiyat "Beyad-e-Faiz Ahmed Faiz" at a seminar to be held in the memory of Faiz Ahmed Faiz here on Monday (Today). Mian Raza Rabbani, Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Co-ordination will be the chief guest while Fakhar Zaman, Chairman, PAL, will preside over the seminar.
Renowned literary figure including Professor Khawaja Masud, Professor Fateh Mohammad Malik, Kishwar Naheed, Agha Nasir and Shabnam Shakeel will also express their views on the occasion. The special issue is an effort to pay tribute to Faiz for the services rendered by the great poet in the field of literature. PAL has collected the views and thoughts of renowned critics and published the special issue on Faiz, told an official of the academy to APP.
The academy has already been published a number of special issues on the life and personality of Faiz and our effort is a continuation of that tradition. However, the new issue will certainly be beneficial and interesting for the common readers besides men of learning.
Special issue on Faiz consisting more than three hundred pages include the writings of renowned writers living home and abroad and costs Rs 100, he added. Besides prose and poetry a special album of Faiz's pictures is also included. The painting of famous painter like Aslam Kamal, Tahir Rasheed and Washan Khurshid on the poetry of Faiz is also a part of it. The Chief Editor of this special issue of Adbiyat is Fakhar Zaman, Chairman, PAL, Managing Editor is Zaheer-ud-Din Malik, Director General, PAL and Editor is Mohammad Asim Butt.