Organized by the children’s premiere Urdu magazine Monthly Sathee, the 16th edition of ‘Sathee Writers’ Awards’ for the year 2022 recently held at Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi. Distinguished playwright Anwar Maqsood was the chief guest on the occasion. In his keynote address, Mr. Anwar Maqsood said today’s generation have no regard and respect for the elderly and older generation as when they enter the home, children don’t leave their seats to honour their elders and keep clinging to their mobile phone screens.

Police Inspector Ahmed Adnan Tariq, who is associated with the Punjab Police in its Faisalabad region, was given the ‘Best Storywriter Award’ for the Year 2020. Among the other award winners were Hammad Zaheer, Beena Siddiqui, Ibn-e-Aas, Altaf Hussain, Bina Siddiqui, Seema Siddiqui, and many others.

Every year, the Sathee Writers’ Awards are given to leading Urdu writers, poets and essayists for their valuable contributions to children’s literature produced in Urdu.