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Call to enrich Urdu with

regional idioms

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters Fakhar Zaman has said that the Urdu language should be enriched with the words and idiomatic expressions of other regional languages.

He was addressing the launching ceremony of eminent intellectual Parveen Atif's travelogue the "Tapper Wasni" here on Sunday.Begum Mumtaz Mutti was the guest of honuor, while Parveen Atif, Muhammad Munsha Yad,Dr. Ghazanfar Mehdi, Prof. Ehsan Akbar, Dr. Rashid Amjad, Neelfar Iqbal, Shabana Habib and Amjad Tufail read articles on personality and book of the author.

Fakhar Zaman said, from the 7th decade, too much travelogues were written, but the fact is that most of the travelogues seem as they are written by the same person.

He said, excess of such most writings has given superficiality to the writings of travelogues. As someone pays official visit, or one has to leave abroad under compulsion, he considered to write account of journey one's foremost duty.

He said, from this viewpoint Parveen Atif is lucky that despite having close association with literary sufis, her internal anxiety could not be finished. He said, either this internal anxiety has given Parveen Atif advantages, or not, however this book has added a beautiful book to the treasure of travelogues.

He said, use of Punjabi idioms is an important factor of her writings. He said, the Urdu language needs dissemination and that words and idioms of other Pakistani languages should be included in this language.

Dr. Ghazanfar Mehdi said, Parveen Arif is a sociologist and she exposed her capabilities on travelogues in such a way as the educational terms create no burden in her style.

Muhammad Mansha Yad said, Parveen Atif has avoided herself from extreme feelings. He said, her accounts of journey bring forth some delicate aspects of her life but she has intermixed them in her writings in such a style as they seem imperative part of her writings-APP