JEDDAH — Aalami Urdu Markaz, Jeddah's President Athar Nafis Abbasi held a Suhoor reception for Pakistani-American humorist and satirist poet Khalid Irfan at his residence Sunday. Irfan, a popular humorist of North America has five poetry collections to his credit, lives in New York City. He is incharge of the literary section of Urdu Times Weekly, New York, America's first and largest weekly Urdu newspaper. Anwar Ansari shed light on Irfan's life and poetic contributions. Abbasi said that he is proud of his relations with Irfan from Karachi since childhood, revealing that he showed poetic talents from his teenage years. “Khalid Irfan, being a follower of famous humorist Dilawar Figar's line, deserves our love and attention. He like Dilawar Figar highlights the daily problems of the people in his poetry and that is more acceptable to people than the speeches of political leaders,” he said. Following are a few couplets of Irfan Roze Mahshar wahi Ummat ke sahare nikle Hum jinhen bhool gaye the who hamare nikle Mire ashaar sachche hain, daleelen meri aqli hain Zara sa main bhi jaali, aap bhi thode se naqli hain Jo leader ban gaye woh log wajhe rahzani nikle Who jaali digriyan lekar muqaddar ke dhani nikle Green Card usse le rahe ho, magar natija bhi yaad rakhna Yahan ki kaali tumhare chere ko laal kar de to kya karoge Ik Karachi se hai nikla ik pase Lahore hai Sindh ka chaand aur hai Punjab ka chaand aur hai Representatives of different Jeddah forums, journalists and social figures, including Khalid Kidwai, Syed Fareed Hasan, Dr. Irfan Hashmi, Rohail Khan, Dr. Muhammad Laiqullah Khan, Siraj Wahab, Amanatullah, Mubassir Azam, Fizaur Rahman, Shahzad Azam and Amin Najmi were present at the gathering. Local poets Zamurrad Khan Saifee, Muhammad Nawaz Janjua, Nasir Barni, Anwer Ansari, Athar Abbasi and Nayeem Bazidpuri also recited their poems.
