Seven years on: Abeda Azad lives in the hearts of the civil society
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Fans and admirers would mark the seventh death anniversary of the celebrated author, activist, poet and journalist, Abeda Iqbal Azad, who breathed her last on April 20, 2012.
Her untimely death cut short her career, which was at its high point. To commemorate her anniversary, several literary organisations have planned memorial sessions and reference meetings.
The organisation for arts and creative writing, Momasslat-e-Asrar, would also announce the results of ‘Bahaar Awards’ contest for Urdu poetry on the occasion. Launched on February 5, the contest continued till April 9. It received a large number of entries from all over Pakistan and abroad.
Similarly, Karachi Press Club’s literary committee and Halqa-Arbab-Zauq have also chalked out sittings to mark the day.
Azad was born to a businessman-cum-educationist, Gholam Rabbani, in Bangladesh. She did her MBBS from Dhaka and moved to Karachi after her marriage to the advertising executive, Iqbal Azad Syed.
Azad started her journalistic career with Bangladesh Observer and Bangladesh Times as a feature reporter. At the same time, she continued contributing to other newspapers and magazines.
Famous for her activism through poetry and simple reader-friendly diction, she was a voice against injustice and violence against women.
The giant was an established columnist who hit the fame with her poetic venture “Aasman,” a book of poems and two popular columns; “Aaina” and “Chehre”; published simultaneously in Daily Jurrat and Urdu Express.
Source: https://dailytimes.com.pk