He urged the faculty members and students of Karachi University to keep bettering the cultural landscape of their institution as well as the city. Events like this one are useful in this regard. Keep organizing such events. When students will frequently listen to poetry and see paintings they will not lose their innocence. They will be soft in the inside.
Humans become humans when they are exposed to good literature.
Faraz suggested that some poets who were popular a few years ago were not very popular today because they were no longer in touch with the common people. On the other hand, he was still popular because he retained his links with the masses. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Pirzada Qasim said Faraz was today the country's most popular poet. He said Faraz's verses had the knack of retaining their freshness. Faraz not only wrote about love and beauty but also oppression and tyranny, he stated.