Tributes paid to Balochi poet.

ISLAMABAD -- An online Mir Gul Khan Naseer National Literary Seminar was organised by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the renowned progressive poet, researcher, historian and intellectual of the Balochi language Mir Gul Khan Naseer.

The presidium consisted of Iftikhar Arif and Prof Dr Badal Khan.

Taj Joyo and Ahmed Saleem were special guests while Dr Wahid Bakhsh Buzdar, Dr Abdul Saboor Baloch and Dr Abdullah Jan Abid were the guests of honour.

PAL Chairman Dr Yousuf Khushk gave the introductory speech. Dr Rahim Bakhsh Mehr, Dr Liaqat Sunni, Yar Jan Badeni, Dr Ramzan Bamarri, and Tariq Rahim Baloch expressed their views.

Dr Ziaur Rehman Baloch was the moderator.

Poet Iftikhar Arif said that Mir Gul Khan Naseer's literary capital is a great asset not only for the Balochi language but also for the Pakistani literature.

He said any mention of Baloch poetry and literature was incomplete without Mir Gul Khan Naseer.

'Mir Gul Khan Naseer was the most prominent poet, intellectual and...