Kathmandu: Kathmandu based Nepali Muslim community in collaboration with the Embassy of Pakistan Monday organized a simple program to launch a book entitled ” Nepal Mein Urdu Sha’ari”.
The book contains various contributions of Urdu Sha’ari from Nepali poets.
At the program it was revealed that some one and a half century back, there used to be poetry symposium in Nepal and that too in Urdu language.
The book is a compilation of Professor Dr. Abdul Rauf who at the moment chairs the Urdu faculty in the Tribhuban University.
Chief guest, Mohan Koirala lauded the efforts of Dr. Rauf. Pakistan Ambassador Ms. Fouzia Nasereen praised the efforts of Dr. Rauf.