President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Habib Jalib will always be remembered for his heroic struggle for democracy, human rights and against tyrannical dictatorship through his easy to understand and style of poetry. Jalib is our national asset whose name stands out among those men of letters who employed the power of pen and poetry to take head on the dictatorship.
His poetry mesmerised the people into braving all odds and come out in the streets against dictatorship. He said this on Wednesday after presenting a cheque of one million rupees to Tahira Habib Jalib the daughter of late Habib Jalib in the Presidency for the treatment of the widow of Habib Jalib who is unwell and undergoing treatment in a hospital in Lahore. President said that expenses on treatment of the widow of Habib Jalib would be borne by the government. In addition the President said that he would recommend the government to give job to at least one member of the Jalib family.-PR