A celebratory evening in Lucknow

A felicitation function was recently held at Khwaja Faizi Yunus’ residence to congratulate Dr Ammar Rizvi on being appointed as the Leader of Goodwill Delegation of

Hajj

2018, Government of India, by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The event kick-started on a poetic note, where Nayyar Jalapuri congratulated him with reciting a sher in his honouri. Dr Ammar also welcomed everyone with a few lines of

Urdu

shayri and thanked the hosts for their warm gesture. The event was attended by the who’s who of the city, which was followed with a dinner.
— Adnaan Rizvi

Abda Bazmi and Qulsum Faizi (R) Arfa Shaikh and Shazia Razmi (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Deepak Wadhwa

and Ajit Singh (R) Dr Razmi Yunus (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Dr Ammar Rizvi & Zakia Rizvi (R) Faizi Yunus (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Nawab

Jafar Mir Abdullah and Dr K Bazmi Yunus (R) Safi Yunus (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

Prof Mahrukh Mirza and Rizwan Ahmad (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)

(L-R) Zahid Masood, Manish Shukla and Ali (BCCL/ Vishnu Jaiswal)