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Hindkowan Students Literary Society launched
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: Hindkowan Students Literary Society was launched here on Sunday with the sole purpose of preserving and promoting the Hindko language and literature and carrying out literary activities on the Peshawar University campus.
An announcement to this effect was made at the first formal meeting of the literary society, held at the central office of the literary, cultural and social welfare organization, Gandhara Hindko Board. A total of 52 students from different departments of the University of Peshawar attended the maiden gathering.
A four-member committee was constituted for the smooth running of the affairs of the newly launched body. Ahmad Zaman of Haripur district of the NWFP was unanimously elected the convener for the committee.
Addressing on the occasion, the convener said that the literary society would work for the preservation and promotion of Hindko language and Hindkowan culture by raising awareness among the students of the University of Peshawar and arranging different literary events to achieve the stated goal.
Ahmad Zaman said that the literary society would work for introducing Hindko language writings in the journals, being published by different departments of the university. He said at present the students literary body comprised of 200 men and women, adding the membership was open to all those students of the university who were interested in working for the preservation and promotion of the Hindko language, literature and Hindkowan culture
Through a resolution, the literary society urged the government to implement its decisions of establishment of a Hindko Academy and Department for Hindko Studies that were taken way back in 1987 and 1995, respectively. “These institutions are a must to carry out organized research on the Hindko language, which is the second main regional language of the province, spoken not only in Peshawar, Nowshera, Kohat and Hazara regions of the NWFP, but also in Pothowar and Kashmir,” the resolution added.
The office-bearers of the Gandhara Hindko Board welcomed the launching of the literary society and extended it all-out cooperation to hold literary activities on the university campus.
By Aftab Ahmad
PESHAWAR: Hindkowan Students Literary Society was launched here on Sunday with the sole purpose of preserving and promoting the Hindko language and literature and carrying out literary activities on the Peshawar University campus.
An announcement to this effect was made at the first formal meeting of the literary society, held at the central office of the literary, cultural and social welfare organization, Gandhara Hindko Board. A total of 52 students from different departments of the University of Peshawar attended the maiden gathering.
A four-member committee was constituted for the smooth running of the affairs of the newly launched body. Ahmad Zaman of Haripur district of the NWFP was unanimously elected the convener for the committee.
Addressing on the occasion, the convener said that the literary society would work for the preservation and promotion of Hindko language and Hindkowan culture by raising awareness among the students of the University of Peshawar and arranging different literary events to achieve the stated goal.
Ahmad Zaman said that the literary society would work for introducing Hindko language writings in the journals, being published by different departments of the university. He said at present the students literary body comprised of 200 men and women, adding the membership was open to all those students of the university who were interested in working for the preservation and promotion of the Hindko language, literature and Hindkowan culture
Through a resolution, the literary society urged the government to implement its decisions of establishment of a Hindko Academy and Department for Hindko Studies that were taken way back in 1987 and 1995, respectively. “These institutions are a must to carry out organized research on the Hindko language, which is the second main regional language of the province, spoken not only in Peshawar, Nowshera, Kohat and Hazara regions of the NWFP, but also in Pothowar and Kashmir,” the resolution added.
The office-bearers of the Gandhara Hindko Board welcomed the launching of the literary society and extended it all-out cooperation to hold literary activities on the university campus.
