Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Oct 16: Moha-mmad Farooq Muztar and Khurshid Ahmed Bismal have been conferred with ‘Pride of Pirpanchal ‘awards by the J&K Alig Society Poonch.
Both hail from Thana Mandi town of district Rajouri and have many things in common. They have been chosen for the award for their distinguished contribution in the field of education in the Pirpanchal region.
They were given the ‘Pride of Pirpanchal’ award in Sir Syed Day function, here today at Govt Degree College Poonch. Justice (Rtd) Bashir Ahmed Kirmani, member State Accountability Commission, was chief guest on the occasion while Tahir Khurshid Raina, Principal District and Sessions Judge Poonch, prsided over the function.
The important hallmark of Muztar for being chosen for this award is his immense contribution in the field of education in the Pirpanchal region. He founded an educational institution in early eighties in Rajouri town which has now grown to the level of college namely Himalayan college of Education.
Muztar started his career as a poet but later shifted his interest to field of education. He is the first Gold medalist of Pirpanchal region in Urdu from Jammu University and literary icon of the region.
Khurshid Ahmed Bismil also hails from Thanamandi town of district Rajouri. He too started his career as a poet in late sixties and got fully absorbed in literary activities. He established a tiny school in Thanamandi on first November 1976 under name MET Baba Ghulam Shah Academy. This school was first of its kind in the entire Pirpanchal region. Under the banner of this institution he started educational movement in the area which led to creation of hundreds of schools in the region.
It was done by him with a sole intention to create revolution in the field of modern education in this remote and educationally backward region of the State.
The Alig Society comprises of aluminies of AMU, who include Prof Mushraf Hussain Shah as it’s president, Dr Shamim Banday as it’s secretary and Shafiq Ahmed Choudhary, Sr KAS officer, as it’s convener.
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