Besant Hall Cultural Centre paid tribute to Zeenat Abdullah Channa, a pioneering writer and publisher. Her magazine Marui empowered Sindhi women in the 1950s. Speakers praised her literary influence, role in education, and efforts to bring women into media, especially Radio Pakistan. Naseer Mirza and Professor Saleem Memon highlighted her storytelling and educational vision, while Noor-ul-Huda Shah urged youth to follow her legacy. Mehtab Akbar Rashidi and Mustafa Qureshi acknowledged both Zeenat and her husband Abdullah Channa’s combined contributions to society. Her daughter, Nusrat Baloch, shared memories of growing up in a progressive household and pledged to devote her future to Sindh.
