LAHORE Lahore Press Club Literary Committee organised a special Mehfil-e-Masalma to commemorate the sacrifices rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and his 72 followers for the sake of Islam at Karbala. A renowned poet and critic Dr Khurshid Rizvi presided over the ceremony whereas Anwar Qamar and Tariq Kamran hosted the ceremony. On this occasion, several renowned and promising poets including Professor Razi Haider, Dr Zia ul Hassan, Zahid Shamsi, Hakeem Saleem Akhtar, Ali Asghar Abbas, Hameeda Shaheen, Hassan Bano, Sarfaraz Anwar Safi, Azam Tauqeer, Sameena Syed, Dr Shahida Dilawar Shah, Ijaz Feroz Ijaz, Aslam Saeedi, Shahzad Faramoosh, Ijaz Mirza, Awon Raza Kazi, Kamran Nazeer and others recited their literary poems. Later, LPC Secretary General Azam Chaudhary thanked the participants.