Speake­rs highli­ght Faiz’s desire for world peaceLAHORE: The 7th Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) kick-started on Friday at Alhmara Hall with the session titled, “Keynote address on the life and legacy of Faiz Ahmed Faiz by Zehra Nigah”. She said she did not find herself capable of translating Faiz’s work into English. She compared Faiz in a humorous way with Maulana regarding his dress, conversation style, behaviour in adverse situations etc. Besides other things, Faiz’s poetry carries history in it and so many other things. She quoted Faiz’s poem after returning from Dhaka “hum kay thehray ajnabi itni madaraton kay bad”.

Source: The Express Tribune February 23, 2019 05:57 UTC