Nowshera: Eminent intellectual, writer and poet and former Inspector General of Police Shaukat Hayat Khan has said that personalities like Syed Rahatullah Rahat Zakheli are born once in centuries.
Rahat Zakheli is considered the pioneer of modern Pashto literature, both in poetry and prose. His services in religion, education, literature and journalism are recognized,” Shaukat Hayat said while addressing a seminar organized in memory of renowned Pashto poet, writer and journalist Syed Rahatullah Zakheli.
The event was organized by Bizm Adab Society at Government High School No. 1 Nowshera Cantonment, the seminar was presided over by Dr. Abdullah Jan Abid, Awami National Party leader Atlas Khattak, Mian Latifullah Shah Kakakhil, Dr. Noor Muhammad and others. Principal Dr. Nasir, Dr. Sajjad Ali Khan, and others.
The speakers said that late Rahat Zakheli has the honor of being the first Pashto novelist, fiction writer and journalist. He authored several books and published the first Pashto newspaper, Daily Afghan, in 1910.
He added that he also previously edited the Pashto magazine Satare Mashe and the daily Shahbaz. Saadi, by the Persian poet Saadi, in Pashto,” said one speaker. To inspire the new generation of students to follow their ideals and preserve their legacy.