DIR UPPER
In connection with Independence Day and International Youth Day a Pashto Mushaira was held here in District Council Hall, Dir Upper under the aegis of Director Youth Affairs and District Administration Dir Upper on Sunday.
On the directives of the Director Youth Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irfan Ali Khan, Deputy Commissioner Dir Upper Gohar Zaman Wazir, the District Youth Officer, District Sports Officer Sadiqullah, former District Sports Officer Mukhtiar Hussain held the Independence Day Pashto Mushaira with prominent Pashto poets, persons from the literary gathering across the province attended.
On this occasion, a “Youth Mushaira” was organized in collaboration with Diwa Literary Writers’ Organization – in which young poets demonstrated their God-given talents and received great applause from the participants – in the ceremony.
Hundreds of locals’ and Pashto poetry lovers from different areas across the Dir Upper turned up in the activity and paid compliments to the poets while reciting their best pieces of poetry. The poets through their poems and verses stressed for love of their motherland and restoration of durable peace in the area.
Tehsil Chairman Haji Rafi Allah Khan attended the poetic gathering as a special guest. Former Sports Officer Mukhtiar Hussain and Civil Defense Officer Ismail Jan also participated in the event. A large number of participating youths and other participants of Mushaira appreciated the efforts of the District Youth Office.
At the end of the ceremony, all the poets were presented with appreciation shields and a tribute was also presented to the poets who rendered their services in the field of literature and poetry.
