Poetess Rahima's book launched

Chitral -- The Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Khowar Booni on Thursday held the Launching Ceremony of “Lala-e-Koohsar”, a collection of Urdu poems by Chitral’s first female poet Rahima Naz, at the Paragon College of Commerce Booni. The DCO Chitral Mr. Rahmat Ullah Wazir was the chief guest on the occasion while Mr. Afzal, the president Ismaili Regional Council, presided over the ceremony.

Mr. Alauddin Urfi, a notable poet of Khowar, and Mr. Sarfaraz Ali Khan Sarfaraz, a renowned poet and critic, presented papers and praised the aesthetic sensibilities and stylistic features of the poetic collection.
Other speakers on the occasion were Mr. Sardar Hussain, Mr. Fazlur Rahman, Mr. Zakir Zakhmi and Mr. Zafarullah Parwaz. They all hailed the venturesome undertaking of the poetess.

The chief guest, in his address, appreciated the poetic excellence of the poetess and stressed that such efforts be morally and financially supported by the people of the area. The President greatly appreciated the bold step taken by a female poet in the back-cloth of the complexities of man-dominated society. He called the effort to be a wake-up-call for all the female-folk to bring forth their hidden potentials. -- Zahoor Danish, Booni 19 May 2011..