Ilm Festival attracts people in large numbers.

Byline: Dr Farooq Sattar

KARACHI -- Hundreds of physicians, politiAcal leaders, government officials and people from other walks of life attended the two-day Ilm Festival, which commenced here at Expo Centre under the auspices of Jahan-e-Masiha Adbi Forum on Saturday.

The Ilm (Knowledge) FestiAval was jointly inaugurated by Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Farooq Sattar and seAnior leader of Jamaat-i-IslaAmi (JI) Muhammad Hussain Mehnti. Several personalities, including eminent poet and Managing Director of the NaAtional Book Foundation (NBF) Inamul Haq Javed visited the festival and lauded the organAisers for organising a mental and physical health activity under one roof.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Restoration Committee leader Farooq Sattar, who inAaugurated the Ilm Festival, said he was glad to see that literary activities had restarted after a long time in Karachi and were now being held regularly. 'KaArachi needs more activities like Ilm Festival to promote its imAage as a peaceful and vibrant city,' he observed.

Lauding the organisers of the literary festival for the physiAcians and common people, FaArooq Sattar maintained that people of Karachi are very fond of the places where they could go along with their families, get books and other literary mateArial for their children and have fun. He urged the organizers to arrange such fairs in low-inAcome localities of the city also.

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sindh chief Muhammad Hussain Mehnti also visited Ilm FestiAval and praised the organizers for holding an excellent...