Celebrations, Karachi, Literature, Seminar

143rd Anniversary of living legend Mir Anees

Scholars highlighted the salient features of Mir Anees’s poetry at an event held on Monday at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi to commemorate the poet’s (1802-1874) 143rd death anniversary. The event was arraigned by the Library Committee of Arts Council. Scholars said Urdu literature has four greats — Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal and Anees — and no other could enter that select group. They changed our culture, values and literary traditions, and their influence would last for centuries.

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