A two-day National Seminar on the life and literary pursuits of Urdu litterateur late Professor Hanif Naqvi will be organised here on March 7 and 8. The seminar will be organised by Association of Indian Muslims (AIM), Bhopal in collaboration with National Council of Promotion of Urdu language (NCPUl). Governor of Mizoram Aziz Qureshi would be the chief guest at the inaugural function of the seminar which would be presided over by Muzzafar Hassan of NCPUl while IPS Arun Bhatnagar would be the guest of honour on the occasion.
President of AIM Bhopal Owais Arab while talking to The Pioneer about the program said that Professor Hanif Naqvi had been very close to Bhopal and has spent a lot of time in the city. He further said that he was Head of Department of Persian at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and has contributed a lot for the Urdu language.
Notably, Professor Hanif Naqvi was a critic, linguist and poet and author of more than 20 books. Naqvi passed away on December 22 at his native place Sahaswan in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh. Moreover, Professor Hanif Naqvi was among experts on Urdu and Ghalib. Owais Arab said that Urdu litterateurs from all over the country will present papers on the life and literary works of Professor Hanif Naqvi in the seminar.
Owais Arab also informed that the elite Urdu writers and professors from various universities including Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras University, Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia University will participate in the seminar and will read their papers. He said that in the seminar Professor Irshaad Niyazi, Professor Ahmed Mehfooz, lecturer Shaheda Parveen, Professor Naseem Ahmed, Professor Hassan Abbas, Professor Rafqat Jamal, Professor Zafar Ahmed, Professor Qamar Faridi, Doctor Moeed Rashidi, Dr Shamz, Professor Mohammad Sajid Hassan, and Professor Shahad Pathan will participate.