National literary moot takes place at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Friday

Islamabad, (Pakistan Point News - 12th Apr, 2018) : A national literary Conference on role of literature in reformation of the society will be held here on Friday at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).

The event, is the part of three-day literature festival (carnival), being arranged by the University to promote academic, literary and social activities. A 'Mushaira' has also been arranged on the occasion.

The literary conference and Mushaira will be attended by eminent writers, poets and scholars from across the country. The students at the festival will be facilitated to showcase their skill-based and community-related projects.

The festival will be open for students, researchers and others relevant academic groups from within and outside the University to set up their stalls in order to promote community-academia interaction.

It will also be an occasion of promoting library's development and management. During the event, round-table and panel discussion will also be arranged to project English and urdu literature for interest of the students and researchers.

Various departments of the AIOU including Faculty of education, Sciences, Social Sciences and Islamic Studies will brief the visiting students about the new academic programs. The carnival is also part of the University's continuous efforts of promoting research culture in the country as per the vision of the Vice Chancellor Prof.

Dr. Shahid Siddiqui. During the last three and half years, the University published eighteen brand new research journals in different disciplines, besides holding thirty-two national and international conferences.