Staff Report - Daily Times - Lahore, PakistanMonday, April 30, 2007
President of the World Punjabi Conference (WPC), Fakhar Zaman criticised the government for not facilitating the establishment of Punjabi University and addressed the need to promote the Punjabi language.
Fakar Zaman said the government’s promotion of Punjabi was a farce and that the WPC will facilitate the promotion with their efforts and donations. He added that Punjabi language and culture has deep roots in social justice as evident from local mystics who had spread the message of love, acceptance and peace between all peoples.
He said that WPC has declared year 2007 as the “Year of Sufism”, and expressed the hope of bringing to light the efforts of Sufis who sacrificed a lot to spread the message of love.
He said that the example of Sufis is sorely needed today, because they never imposed their beliefs and instead emphasised understanding and respect.
Talking about the WPC he disclosed that the 15-18 punjabi congresses will be held in Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu and Chandigarh, while congress 19 will be held in Lahore between December 20-24.
He said the teachings of mystic poets from the four provinces will be brought into light. He added that WPC will hold a national seminar in Lahore on May 11 to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the war of independence in which the Punjabi mystic poets played an enormous role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language
President of the World Punjabi Conference (WPC), Fakhar Zaman criticised the government for not facilitating the establishment of Punjabi University and addressed the need to promote the Punjabi language.
Fakar Zaman said the government’s promotion of Punjabi was a farce and that the WPC will facilitate the promotion with their efforts and donations. He added that Punjabi language and culture has deep roots in social justice as evident from local mystics who had spread the message of love, acceptance and peace between all peoples.
He said that WPC has declared year 2007 as the “Year of Sufism”, and expressed the hope of bringing to light the efforts of Sufis who sacrificed a lot to spread the message of love.
He said that the example of Sufis is sorely needed today, because they never imposed their beliefs and instead emphasised understanding and respect.
Talking about the WPC he disclosed that the 15-18 punjabi congresses will be held in Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu and Chandigarh, while congress 19 will be held in Lahore between December 20-24.
He said the teachings of mystic poets from the four provinces will be brought into light. He added that WPC will hold a national seminar in Lahore on May 11 to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the war of independence in which the Punjabi mystic poets played an enormous role.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language
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