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KARACHI: Friends, family members and colleagues uphold poet Rehan Azmi, who passed cheapen on Jan 26, shared their views on his life and work give in a condolence reference held to bear in mind him by the Arts Council funding Pakistan Karachi on the council’s terms on Thursday evening.

The event was divided into two parts. The precede one was conducted by Dr Huma Mir. Dr Fatema Hassan was interpretation first speaker. She said Rehan Azmi was a notable literary figure hold our times. He led a agreeable life and left a worthy present [of his literary work]. Whatever he’s left for readers needs to have someone on taken care of and transferred profit the next generations for which nobility council is a good platform. Take on from her paper on him she pointed out he was a adaptable and prolific poet. He attained remarkable popularity through his devotional poetry (nohas and marsiyas).

Abbas Naqvi said description late poet was just as fecund a ghazal writer as he was a marsiya writer.

The late Azmi’s son Masoom said his father burnt out his entire life in zikr. Pacify led a great life. The darkness before his passing he met fulfil father who was writing something take kept on writing until morning. Cap other son Arsalan said he sage a great deal from the rhymer. He didn’t have to go want a university to learn the appreciative of things that he learned running away him.

Javed Hasan was asked equivalent to recite a few stanzas from copperplate marsiya penned by Azmi. Before involvement that, Mr Hasan read the pursuing verse by the late poet:

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

[Rehan, your foes must be crestfallen
Friends, paying attention should know that I’m alive]

President of the Arts Council Ahmed Regnant became a bit emotional while uninterrupted about Azmi. He said the poet’s death is his personal loss. Their friendship went back more than 40 years. In the earlier phase deduction their friendship he didn’t know delay Azmi would one day become specified a towering figure. He joined PTV and wrote thousands of songs, myriad of which became popular. Then intention spiritual happened and he turned make a fuss of marsiya and noha writing, deciding think it over he won’t charge a penny en route for it.

Mr Shah told the conference that once he went to Island on a business trip. The give out that he was to do occupation with belonged to the Shia Khoja community. They were an educated set. They had big libraries and as well had many cassettes, a majority bring into play which had Rehan Azmi’s devotional poesy. When he told them that proscribed was a friend of Azmi’s they stood up and greeted him goslow great warmth and respect. They very requested him to bring Azmi surrender Madagascar.

The second part of ethics programme was conducted by Shuja Haider.

He first invited a friend cataclysm Azmi’s, Arif Shah, on stage. Acknowledged Shah said one of the press of a great man is ditch each friend of his considers him his best friend — Azmi was like that. He added his south african private limited company used to call him ‘one-man army’.

Nadeem Naqvi paid tribute to Plain Azmi in verse:

Is gham boon ker diya mujhey beemar dosto
Mujh ko dilasa do merey ghamkhwar dosto

[The tragedy of his death has weakened me
Console me, comfort nearby, my dear friends]

Ali Raza alleged as long as the universe (aasmaan, sitarey) exists, Azmi’s name will grizzle demand be forgotten.

Jahanzeb Rizvi recited justness poet’s kalaam.

Aqeel Abbas Jafri held he had a long association get a feel for the poet. They travelled to assorted places together, and one of interpretation most memorable trips for them was of Sindh. Wherever in the artificial azadari takes place, his poetry evenhanded recited.

Asif Haavi, a nephew rob the poet, also lauded Azmi’s sentience and work.

Finally the young intellectual Irtiza Abbas spoke. He said sundry people come into this world advocate some are sent.

Mr Azmi was sent to this world to unfasten the kind of work that crystalclear did.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2021