Srinagar, Dec. 23 -- Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Dr. Molvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of the renowned Kashmiri poet, writer, and broadcaster, Mr. Abdul Ahad Farhad.

In his condolence message, the Mirwaiz paid glowing tribute to the late Abdul Ahad Farhad for his long and distinguished services to the Kashmiri language and literature, as well as to broadcasting institutions. He said that although he himself had several meetings with the late Farhad, the latter shared especially close, brotherly, and affectionate relations with Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir. At every important juncture, the late Farhad, along with his colleagues, would regularly visit Mirwaiz Manzil to meet the martyred leader and...