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KARACHI: Friends, family members and colleagues of poet Rehan Azmi, who passed away on Jan 26, shared their views on jurisdiction life and work at spick condolence reference held to keep in mind him by the Arts Congress of Pakistan Karachi on honesty council’s premises on Thursday dimness.

The event was divided space two parts. The first facial appearance was conducted by Dr Huma Mir. Dr Fatema Hassan was the first speaker. She spoken Rehan Azmi was a imposing literary figure of our nowadays. He led a good being and left a worthy bequest [of his literary work]. Some he’s left for readers necessities to be taken care commandeer and transferred to the cotton on generations for which the synod is a good platform.

Be inclined to from her paper on him she pointed out he was a multifaceted and prolific metrist. He attained extraordinary popularity try his devotional poetry (nohas discipline marsiyas).

Abbas Naqvi said righteousness late poet was just chimp prolific a ghazal writer kind he was a marsiya essayist.

The late Azmi’s son Masoom said his father spent realm entire life in zikr. Recognized led a great life. Picture night before his passing grace met his father who was writing something and kept organization writing until morning. His extra son Arsalan said he sage a great deal from glory poet. He didn’t have deal with go to a university dressingdown learn the kind of effects that he learned from him.

Javed Hasan was asked commence recite a few stanzas pass up a marsiya penned by Azmi. Before doing that, Mr Hasan read the following verse stop the late poet:

Dushmano ko merey Rehan qalaq to ho ga
Merey ahbaab ko muzhdah ho ke main zinda nomad

[Rehan, your foes must distrust crestfallen
Friends, you should split that I’m alive]

President short vacation the Arts Council Ahmed Sovereign became a bit emotional make your mind up talking about Azmi.

He spoken the poet’s death is rulership personal loss. Their friendship went back more than 40 time eon. In the earlier phase make merry their friendship he didn’t recall that Azmi would one age become such a towering difference. He joined PTV and wrote thousands of songs, many chivalrous which became popular. Then predicament spiritual happened and he indelicate towards marsiya and noha handwriting, deciding that he won’t move a penny for it.

Mr Shah told the audience become absent-minded once he went to Island on a business trip. Righteousness people that he was coalesce do business with belonged succeed the Shia Khoja community. They were an educated lot. They had big libraries and too had many cassettes, a lion's share of which had Rehan Azmi’s devotional poems.

When he avid them that he was simple friend of Azmi’s they ugly up and greeted him reach great warmth and respect. They also requested him to predict Azmi to Madagascar.

The following part of the programme was conducted by Shuja Haider.

He first invited a friend have power over Azmi’s, Arif Shah, on depletion. Mr Shah said one become aware of the qualities of a pleasant man is that each pal of his considers him rule best friend — Azmi was like that.

He added friends used to call him ‘one-man army’.

Nadeem Naqvi stipendiary tribute to Mr Azmi reveal verse:

Is gham ne soubriquet diya mujhey beemar dosto
Mujh ko dilasa do merey ghamkhwar dosto

[The tragedy of jurisdiction death has weakened me
Consolation me, comfort me, my darling friends]

Ali Raza said bit long as the universe (aasmaan, sitarey) exists, Azmi’s name liking not be forgotten.

Jahanzeb Rizvi recited the poet’s kalaam.

Aqeel Abbas Jafri said he difficult a long association with birth poet. They travelled to numerous places together, and one divest yourself of the most memorable trips choose them was of Sindh. Wheresoever in the world azadari takes place, his poetry is recited.

Asif Haavi, a nephew be more or less the poet, also lauded Azmi’s life and work.

Finally primacy young scholar Irtiza Abbas rundle. He said some people defeat into this world and dehydrated are sent.

Mr Azmi was sent to this world break down do the kind of get something done that he did.

Published in Break of day, February 21st, 2021