LAHORE: Fakhar Zaman, president of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) cultural wing, has announced holding of ten seminars on culture and literature starting early next month. The announcement was made after a meeting of the central wing of the party. Zaman said that they would hold seminars and symposia in all provinces whereas first few would be held in Lahore. Tariq Khurshid, former Bait-ul-Mal managing director and PPP stalwart, who is secretary general of cultural wing, will be the coordinator. The seminars would be held on a wide range of topics, including Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (the cultural hero), cultural policy of Benazir Bhutto’s governments, literature written during military dictator Zia’s regime, poetry and articles written on Benazir Bhutto’s martyrdom, women empowerment during PPP governments, ZA Bhutto as a writer, Bilawal Bhutto (symbol of youths aspiration), PPP and Sufism in Sind, PPP language policy and peace initiatives. High profile scholars, writers, intellectuals, educationists, linguists, media persons and journalists will speak and read papers. Efforts will be made to invite scholars from abroad. Published in Daily Times, February 24th 2018.