Report in Brief

The Urdu Development Council J&K in association with Taskeen Group of papers held a one day conference on “The problems faced by Urdu in the State” at Jammu Press Club on December 19, 2010 which was presided over by Sheikh Abdul Rehman, ex-MP and President UDC J&K. Sh. Abdul Ghani Mallik Minister for Higher Education J&K Govt. was the Chief Guest while Sardar Rafique Hussain Khan MLA was the Guest of Honour. On the conclusion of the conference Sh. Talib Kashmiri (original name……Inder Krishen Koul) a well-known fiction writer in Urdu and English was, inter-alia, awarded a Certificate of Honour for his outstanding contribution to Urdu literature.

Shri Talib Kashmiri being honoured with a citation by Sh. Abdul Ghani Mallik the Hon’ble Minister for Higher Education, J&K, Government for his outstanding contribution to Urdu literature at a function organized by the Urdu Development Council, J&K at Jammu on December 19, 2010. (R to L: Prof. Zahoor-ul-din, ex-HOD Urdu Jammu University; Sh. Ab. Ghani Mallik, Minister for Higher Education J&K ; Sheikh Abdul Rehman, ex-MP and President UDC J&K; Sardar Rafique Hussain Khan, MLA; Sh. Suhail Kazmi, Editor daily ‘Taskeen’ Jammu; Sharief-ud-din Sartaj, Gen. Secy UDC J&K, Jammu and Sh. Talib Kashmiri).