JEDDAH – Halqa-e-Danish is setting a new mile stone in the realm of Jeddah's literary history by organizing such beautiful and literary programs and Mushairahs. Its present Tarahi Mushairah will be remembered by the poets and audience forever for such a successful effort in matching the rhythmic meter and general poetic atmosphere by composing poems in the same meter of Ghazal maestros. “Qabil Ajmeri's couplet's second line “Kabhi khar wajhe nishat hai, kabhi phool wajhe malal hai” has drawn the attention of not only the Kingdom's Urdu poets but also the poets from India and Pakistan, and many of them have succeeded in composing Ghazals in the same meter in an articulate way. I praise their efforts and assure Halqa-e-Danish for Pakistan Consulate's support in their service of Urdu language and literature,” said Tahseemul Haq Haqqi, welfare consular at Pakistani Consulate Jeddah in the Halqa-e-Danish Tarahi Mushairah at the residence of Amin Najmi. Haqqi, who chaired the event lighted the candle of the Mushairah with Athar Abbasi. The salient feature of this poetic gathering was that there were four women judges to select the first line of the couplet that matched with the given Qabil Ajmeri's misra (line of the couplet). The composer of the most suitable line was to be awarded “Nishan-e-Halqa-e-Danish. These four women judges were Shahla Khurram wife of Tahseemul Haq, Tabassum Mosin Alavi, Rehana Rif'at and Bintul Hasan Moosavi. Syed's line was selected from other four lines of the poets, and he was awarded the “Nishan-e-Halqa-e-Danish.” The poets who participated in this Tarahi Mushairah were Naseem-e-Sehar (Pakistan), Shama Zafar Mehdi (India) Salman Rafeeq (Taif), Ahmed Rabbani Mahroom (Taif), Mohsin Alavi, Mona Najmi, Afsar Barabankavi, Irfan Barabankavi, Anwar Hussain, Zawwar Qamar Abidi, Dr. Mahmood Iqbal Haider, Zamurrad Saifi, AbdulQayyum Wasiq, Muhammad Mukhtar Ali, Anwar Ansari, Mujahid Syed, Athar Nafees Abbasi and Syed Qamar Haider Qamar from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The distinguished guests of the event were Islamuddin Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Fiza-ur-Rahman, Amanatullah, Hasan Bayazeed and many women guests hosted by Mrs. Ameen Najmi. A few verses of the Holy Qur'an were recited in the beginning of the event by Khalid Qidwai and two Naats were recited each by Ameen Ansari and Anwar Hussain. Muhammad Ashfaq Badayuni was the master of the event. The vote of thanks was proposed by Syed Qamar Haider Qamar. A lavish dinner was served after the Mushairah.
