Launching ceremony of poetry book titled “Kalam-e-Shafqat” written by renowned poet Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq was held at New Senate Hall, University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

Launching ceremony of poetry book titled “Kalam-e-Shafqat” written by renowned poet Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq was held at New Senate Hall, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. The ceremony was presided over by UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan while renowned poet Afsar Sajid was guest of the honor on the occasion. He said that Urdu literature contained words from various languages which is the beauty of it. The ceremony was arranged by Public Relations and Publications Department, UAF. He stressed upon need to encourage literary activities. poets and novelists because they are assets of nation. Their poetries related to nature not only creating harmony in society but also open up new thinking of youth. He showed his concerns over decreasing tolerance in society for which we have to diversified our education system and to create cultural harmony in order to wipe out trend of extremism. He lauded the efforts made by Shafqat ullah Mushtaq to pen down social ,religious and economic aspects of our society in a simple easily understandable language. Shafqat Ullah Mushtaq the poet said that this book would reflect actual face of society and would familiarized reader with issues being faced in society. He said that he inspired with the Sufi poets of the Punjab . He said that he had tried his best to speak about the real issues of society in his poetry. Notable guests Afsir Sjid, Dr Saeed Ahmad Bhatti, Dr Sadef Naqvi, Koser Ali, Dr Shahida Moshin, Shahzad Baig, Kashif, Naseem Khan and Dr Rashem spoke on the occasion .