National Books Foundation (NBF) the National Book Day observed in the regional office

WAH CANTT (INP): Under the auspicious of National Books Foundation (NBF) the National Book Day was observed in the regional office here on Tuesday. 
The event was attended by prominent literary figures, poets, writers and people belonging to different walks of life. Speaking on the occasion, prominent Urdu poet and critic, Rana Saeed Doshi threw light on the importance of book and its role in personality building. He stressed the need of keeping in touch with good literary and knowledgeable books. 
He termed the books like oxygen for human being and said that life is incomplete without books and there is no alternate for it. Addressing the ceremony poet Talib Ansari urged for more frequent literary gathering and promotion of reading habit among common people. \”Some good words can lead the society from bottom to top.

The age we are living in is no doubt the age of technology but, we must have to attain our values. Which can only be achieved by reading good literature.\” Talib Ansari is an active member of literary circle Sareer-e-Khama. In this way, he recommended to writers to get closer to discuss contemporary literary and social issues.
Chief organizer of the Pakistan Youth League, Abid Hussain expressed grave concerns over the dying book culture. He said busy life has created distance between books and humans. He said that no one can afford expensive books and services of NBF are laudable in this regard.
Writer and journalist Shoaib Hamesh and columnist Malik Najeeb ur Rehman Arshad also addressed at the occasion. While, in charge of the NBF Wah branch, Muhammad Khaleel aimed high for organizing book festivals and literary gatherings in coming days. Event was co-hosted by Wah Cultural Forum.

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