Bringing together international and Pakistani writers to showcase writing at its best
7, 8 and 9 February 2014 Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi
www.karachiliteraturefestival.org
Co-sponsors:
About the Karachi Literature Festival As the cold, dry offshore winds slowly shift away, and our southern metropolis begins to move towards the spring season, the time comes around again for an event that has become a happily anticipated annual feature of this city’s calendar. The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), now being held for the fifth time, is not merely a local affair. With participants and visitors from all over the country, the KLF is truly an all-Pakistan event. More, with participants from India, UK, USA, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, China, Canada, and Brazil, it is also truly an international event. The Festival this year is again being held at the Beach Luxury Hotel. Launched in 2010, the annual Festival remains free and open to all. It brings together and celebrates Pakistani and international authors writing in a variety of local, national, and international languages. It features fiction, poetry, prose, commentary, and analysis. There are debates, discussions, talks, mushairah (Urdu poetry recital), a book fair, readings, signings, film screenings, theatre, puppet shows, storytelling for children, dramatic readings, stand-up comedy, and musical and dance performances. The ancient storytelling art of Dastangoi is also featured here. This year, around thirty books will be launched at the KLF. There are special children’s events which will run alongside the regular sessions. A distinctive feature of the fifth KLF is the dedication of a portion of the Festival to a parallel series of Art-related events, curated by ArtNow under the KLF umbrella. And, of course, the best part of the Festival is the opportunity for baatain aur mulaqatain at the special level of discourse found only at KLF. Directed by Ameena Saiyid, co-founded by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, and produced by Oxford University Press, the Festival has grown rapidly. Attendance rose from roughly 5,000 in 2010 to 10,000 in 2011, to 15,000 in 2012, to 50,000 in 2013. Each year, the speakers have been outstanding. Previous keynote speakers have included Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2010), Karen Armstrong (2011), William Dalrymple (2012), Nadeem Aslam and Intizar Husain (2013). The keynote speaker at the inauguration this year will be the renowned Indian historian, Dr Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma Gandhi. The award-winning novelist, Kamila Shamsie, and the BBC broadcaster, Raza Ali Abidi, will be the keynote speakers at the closing ceremony. For the first time in the Festival’s history, awards will be given to Pakistani authors for three different prize categories: KLF-Coca-Cola Best Non-Fiction Book Prize, KLF-Embassy of France Prize, and KLF Peace Prize. The panel of judges for the prizes include some of Pakistan’s most eminent critics, writers, and scholars.
Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival: • • • • •
Batain aur Mulaqatain Author Signings Media Rooms Book Fair Food Court
ArtNow Activities: • Art Exhibition • Photography Exhibition • ArtNow Reading Corner
AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS A.H. Nayyar A.G. Noorani Aamir R. Mufti Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Abbas Rashid Abdul Wahab Abdullah Hussain Adeel Hashmi Afzal Ahmed Syed Ahfaz ur Rehman Ajmal Siraj Akbar Masoom Akram Dost Ali Akbar Natiq Ali Saleem Ali Sethi Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi Amar Jaleel Amar Sindhu Ameena Saiyid Amin Hashwani Amina Yaqin Amjad Islam Amjad Amra Alam Anwar Shaoor Anwer Sen Roy Aqeel Abbas Jafri Arfa Sayeda Zehra Arif Hasan Asad Muhammad Khan Asad Sayeed Ashis Nandy Ashraf Jehangir Qazi Asif Farrukhi Asif Noorani Asif Sinan Asma Ibrahim Asma Jahangir Ataul Haq Qasmi Attiya Dawood Ayub Baloch Azra Abbas Babar Ayaz Baela Raza Jamil Bari Mian Beo Zafar Bernardo Carvalho Bilal Hamid Bilal Tanweer Bina Shah Bushra Ansari Cabeiri deBergh Robinson Claire Chambers Daniel Hahn Danish Husain Darain Shahidi
Durdana Soomro Ehsan Masood Fahmida Riaz Faisal Mushtaq Farida Faizullah Fatema Hassan Fauzia Minallah Framji Minwalla Ghazi Salahuddin Gioia Guerzoni H.M. Naqvi Hamida Khuhro Haris Gazdar Harris Khalique Hasan Manzar Haseena Moin Hoori Noorani Liaquat Merchant Iftikhar Salahuddin Ilona Yusuf Imdad Hussaini Inaam Nadeem Intizar Husain Iqbal Akhund Irfan Javed Ishrat Husain Ismat Riaz Javed Jabbar Julien Columeau Kaleemullah Lashari Kamila Shamsie Kashif Hussain Ghayar Khuda Bux Abro Khursheed Hyder Khwaja Razi Haider Kishwar Naheed Madeeha Gauhar Madeline Clements Mahmood Farooqui Mahmood Jamal Maleeha Lodhi Mandira Sen Marc Parent Maryam Wasif Khan Masood Ashar Masood Lohar Matthieu Aikins Mazhar Zaidi Meenu Gaur Meghan Davidson Ladly Mehdi Masud Meher Jaffri Moeen Faruqi Mohammed Hanif Mohsin Babbar Moneeza Hashmi
Moni Mohsin Mosharraf Zaidi Mubarak Ali Muhammad Ahmed Shah Muhammad Salman Sarwat Mujahid Barelvi Muneeza Shamsie Mushirul Hasan Mustafa Arbab Mustansar Hussain Tarar Nahid Siddiqui Najmuddin Shaikh Nargis Sultana Nasreen Askari Nasreen Iqbal Nauman Naqvi Navid Shahzad Naz Ikramullah Nazish Brohi Nida Kirmani Niilofur Farrukh Nikesh Shukla Nikita Lalwani Nusrat Ali Omar Shahid Hamid Omayr Aziz Saiyid Peerzada Salman Pervez Hoodbhoy Peter Pannke Raheela Baqai Rajmohan Gandhi Rasul Bakhsh Rais Raza Ali Abidi Raza Rumi Razeshta Sethna Riaz Mohammad Khan Rob Crilly Roland deSouza Rubina Abro Rubina Saigol Rukhsana Ahmad Rukhsana Preet Rumana Husain Sabir Waseem Saeed Shah Sahar Ansari Sahar Imdad Salman Haq Salman Tarik Kureshi Samina Rahman Saquib Hanif Sarah Ansari Sarmad Khoosat Sarwat Mohiuddin Sarwat Zehra Sayeed Hasan Khan
Seema Taher Khan Shabbar Zaidi Shah Muhammad Pirzada Shaha Jamshed Shahana Rajani Shahid Siddiqui Shahnaz Ahsanuddin Shahnaz Wazir Ali Shakeel Shanaz Ramzi Shandana Minhas Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Shaukat Abid Shayma Saiyid Sheema Kermani Sheen Farrukh Shehzad Roy Shireen Haroun Sultana Siddiqui Syed Jaffar Ahmed Taimoor Shahid Taimur Rahman Taimur Suri Taj Begum Farrukhi Tanveer Anjum Tariq Rahman Thomas Brussig Tina Sani Uzma Aslam Khan Victoria Schofield Wajid Jawad Yasmin Mehta Zafar Hilaly Zaffar Junejo Zaheda Hina Zain Ahmed Zainab Omar Zeb Bangash Zehra Nigah Zia Mohyeddin Zobaida Jalal Zohra Husain Zoya Hasan Zubeida Mustafa
THEATRE GROUPS
Grips Theatre Ritz Entertainment Thespianz Theatre Zambeel Dramatic Readings NAPA Repertory Theatre
Friday, 7 February 2014
Main Garden
10 a.m. – 12 noon
Inauguration National Anthem by Citizens Education Development Foundation Children Speeches by Festival Organizers and Representatives of Festival Sponsors Keynote Speaker: Dr Rajmohan Gandhi Performance by Nahid Siddiqui Awards for the Best Books on Peace, Fiction, and Non-Fiction
12.15 p.m. – 1.15 p.m.
Talking to the Butterfly: In Conversation with Moni Mohsin Moderator: Raza Rumi
1.15 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
Lunch and PrayerS
2.15 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Bushra’s Barbs Bushra Ansari Moderator: Ali Saleem
Jasmine
Children’s Strand (Parking Area)
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Power of the Fourth Estate Meghan Davidson Ladly, Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Matthieu Aikins, Saeed Shah, and Sayem Mehmood Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
The Faiz Everyone Loves Mahmood Jamal, Wajid Jawad, and Moneeza Hashmi Moderator: Bari Mian
Book Launch: The Kashmir Dispute 1947 by A.G. Noorani Cabeiri deBergh Robinson, Iqbal Akhund, and Zafar Hilaly Moderator: Victoria Schofield
The World of the Novel Aamir R. Mufti, Bernardo Carvalho, Claire Chambers, Gioia Guerzoni, and Thomas Brussig Moderator: Shandana Minhas
Puppet Show by Ritz Entertainment
Pani, Parinday aur Maut: Readings and Conversation with Mustansar Hussain Tarar Moderator: Irfan Javed
Geo-political Equation: Pakistan in the World Zafar Hilaly, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, and Hussain Haroon Moderator: Omayr Aziz Saiyid
Book Launch: I’ll Find My Way: An Anthology of Short Stories Edited by Maniza Naqvi Maryam Wasif Khan and Nasreen Askari Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Memory and the Imagination: Readings and Conversation with Rukhsana Ahmad Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie
Storytelling by Amra Alam
Tulip
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Karachi’s Changing Art Scene Jalal Uddin Ahmed
Storytelling by Khursheed Hyder Presented by ArtNow
Friday, 7 February 2014
Main Garden
3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
4.45 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
The Pakistani Muse: Literature and Music in Pakistan Tina Sani, Zeb Bangash (of Zeb and Haniya), and Sarmad Khoosat Moderator: Ali Sethi
In Conversation with Rajmohan Gandhi Moderators: Hamida Khuhro and Sarah Ansari
Jasmine Human Rights and Wrongs in Pakistan Mohammed Hanif, Asma Jahangir, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson, and Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Moderator: Roland deSouza
Aquarius Basti aur Uskay Baad: Readings and Conversation with Intizar Husain with launch of Silver Jubilee edition of Basti Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
The French Connection: Round Table of Pakistani Authors with French Publisher, Marc Parent Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Mushaira Nizamat: Fatema Hassan Kishwar Naheed, Anwar Shaoor, Imdad Hussaini, Fahmida Riaz, Sahar Ansari, Amjad Islam Amjad, Khwaja Razi Haider, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Tanveer Anjum, Sahar Imdad, Shaukat Abid, Akbar Masoom, Sabir Waseem, Harris Khalique, Sarwat Zehra, Inaam Nadeem, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Ajmal Siraj, Kashif Hussain Ghayar, Peerzada Salman, Attiya Dawood, and Muhammad Salman Sarwat
Room 007
Princess
Book Launch: The Rest is Silence: Zahoor ul Akhlaq: Art and Society in Pakistan by Roger Connah Shahana Rajani, Saquib Hanif, and Zohra Husain Moderator: Niilofur Farrukh
State School Reform Shehzad Roy, Mosharraf Zaidi, and Shahnaz Wazir Ali Moderator: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Karachiwala: A Subcontinent Within a City A Talk by Rumana Husain Moderator: Haris Gazdar
Importance of School Libraries Yasmin Mehta, Zobaida Jalal, Nargis Sultana, Zubeida Mustafa, and Faisal Mushtaq Moderator: Shaha Jamshed
Identity and Literature: New Trends in Pakistani Writing in English Claire Chambers and Rukhsana Ahmad Moderator: Bilal Tanweer
Children’s Strand (Parking Area) Ali Baba Chalees Chor by NAPA Repertory Theatre
Tulip 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. The Art of Writing on Art Marjorie Husain, Quddus Mirza, and Zarmeene Shah Moderator: Saira Sheikh Presented by ArtNow
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid A Play by Grips Theatre
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Main Garden
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
1.40 p.m. – 2.40 p.m.
Qalam sey Awaz Tak: Readings and Conversation with Raza Ali Abidi Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Book Launch: Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten by Rajmohan Gandhi Moderator: Raza Rumi
Book Launch: A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie Moderator: Maryam Wasif Khan
Jasmine
Aquarius
Contemporary Fiction at Home and the Diaspora Nikesh Shukla, Nikita Lalwani, Muneeza Shamsie, and Moni Mohsin Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
Apni Beyaz Say: Readings from the Classics and Conversation with Zehra Nigah Moderator: Harris Khalique
On Stage Madeeha Gauhar, Sheema Kermani, and Shakeel Moderator: Zain Ahmed
Teesray Pehr ki Kahaniyan: Readings and Conversation with Asad Muhammad Khan Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Room 007 Book Launch: Language, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asia by Shahid Siddiqui Moderator: Tariq Rahman Book Launch: The Scatter Here is Too Great by Bilal Tanweer Moderator: Ali Sethi
Historic Adversaries, Modern Partners Tilo Klinner, Amin Hashwani, Ghazi Salahuddin, and Thomas Brussig Moderator: Zafar Hilaly
Qawwali Music and the Sufi Poetry Tradition: A Presentation by Mahmood Jamal Moderator: Sarwat Mohiuddin
Dehshat Gardi aur Hamari Kahaniyan: In Conversation with Asif Farrukhi, Intizar Husain, and Arfa Sayeda Zehra Moderator: Masood Ashar
New Voices in Sindhi Poetry Rukhsana Preet and Rubina Abro Moderator: Amar Sindhu
Book Launches: Jazeera-e- Sukhanwaran by Ghulam Abbas Intikhab: Ghulam Abbas Zaheda Hina and Masood Ashar Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Book Launch: Delhi by Heart: Impressions of a Pakistani Traveller by Raza Rumi Moderator: Asif Noorani Pakistani Nationalism: The Extremist Threat Syed Jaffar Ahmed and Mohsin Babbar Moderator: Javed Jabbar Nai Nazm ka Safar Sarwat Zehra, Mustafa Arbab, and Ahfaz ur Rehman Moderator: Azra Abbas
Princess
Children’s Strand (Parking Area)
The Goal of Higher Education: Creating Professionals or Scholars? Ishrat Husain, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Ismat Riaz, Zobaida Jalal, and Abbas Rashid Moderator: Aamir R. Mufti
Puppet Show by Ritz Entertainment
Voices, Older and Younger: Poetry in English Salman Tarik Kureshi, Ilona Yusuf, Shireen Haroun, Bilal Hamid, Moeen Faruqi, and Farida Faizullah Moderator: Shahnaz Ahsanuddin
Book Launches: Our Shaikh Sa’di: A Selection from Gulistan and Bustan translated by Fahmida Riaz The Simurgh and the Birds translated by Fahmida Riaz Moderator: Amra Alam
British Council Translation Workshop Taimoor Shahid, Durdana Soomro, Nikesh Shukla, Nikita Lalwani, Gioia Guerzoni, and Daniel Hahn
Chulbuk Chori A Play by Thespianz Theatre
Tulip
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Arts and the Politics of Our Times Durriya Kazi, Gemma Sharpe, and Seher Naveed Moderator: Quddus Mirza
Presented by ArtNow
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Main Garden
2.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
5.15 p.m. – 6.15 p.m.
6.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m.
The Pakistani Novel in English: International Representation and Local Reception Uzma Aslam Khan, H.M. Naqvi, Shandana Minhas, and Bina Shah Moderator: Madeline Clements
Sunflower
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Public Knowledge, Private Learning Ishrat Husain, Abdul Wahab, Faisal Mushtaq, and Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Moderator: Ehsan Masood
Shayer e Awam: Habib Jalib Asma Jahangir, Fahmida Riaz, Taimur Rahman, and Arfa Sayeda Zehra Moderator: Mujahid Barelvi
Book Launch: Ganga Jamuni: Silver and Gold: A Forgotten Culture by Naz Ikramullah Sheema Kermani Moderator: Raza Rumi
Shaping Societal Norms: The Role of Textbooks Pervez Hoodbhoy, Rubina Saigol, A.H. Nayyar, Zobaida Jalal, and Samina Rahman Moderator: Ameena Saiyid
Book Launch: Pakistan: Not a Failed State by Syed Shabbar Zaidi Moderator: Asad Sayeed
Children’s Strand (Parking Area) Musical Performance and Workshop by Asif Sinan
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Challenges Faced by Art Galleries Zohra Husain, Riffat Alvi, and Sameera Raja Moderator: Nighat Mir
Presented by ArtNow
Afghanistan 2014: Consequences for Pakistan Najmuddin Shaikh, Maleeha Lodhi, Victoria Schofield, Mehdi Masud, Hussain Haroon, and Riaz Mohammad Khan Moderator: Omayr Aziz Saiyid
Contribution of the Progressive Writers Movement to the Indo-Pak Cinema: A Presentation by Asif Noorani Moderator: Haris Gazdar
Glitter of the Silver Screen Meenu Gaur, Mazhar Zaidi, and Meher Jaffri Moderator: Navid Shahzad
Book Launch: The Prisoner by Omar Shahid Hamid Moderator: Bina Shah
Aap Beeti, Jag Beeti: Khawateen aur Khudnavisht Kishwar Naheed, Azra Abbas, Sheen Farrukh, and Attiya Dawood Moderator: Tanveer Anjum
Traditional Storytelling by Nasreen Iqbal
Thinner than Skin: In Conversation with Uzma Aslam Khan Moderator: Razeshta Sethna
Defiant Colours: Readings and Conversation with Kishwar Naheed Moderator: Amina Yaqin
Bedil aur Nazuk Khayali: Readings and Conversation with Afzal Ahmed Syed Moderator: Taimoor Shahid
Chashm-e-Tamasha: Readings and Conversation with Amjad Islam Amjad Moderator: Muhammad Ahmed Shah
Viewing the Publishing Scene Masood Ashar, Hoori Noorani, Mandira Sen, and Marc Parent Moderator: Ameena Saiyid
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid A Play by Grips Theatre
Dastangoi: Dastan-e-Husaam Jadoo and Dastan-e-Chouboli Danish Husain, Darain Shahidi, and Mahmood Farooqui
Tulip
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production
Pontoon: Sea Front Restaurant 3.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Book Launch: Food Prints: An Epicurean Voyage through Pakistan: Overview of Pakistani Cuisine by Shanaz Ramzi Moderator: Zainab Omar Live Cooking Demonstration
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Main Garden
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.
In Conversation with Ashis Nandy Moderator: Nauman Naqvi
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Karachi: From Stone Age to Cyber Age Arif Hasan, Taimur Suri, Kaleemullah Lashari, Asma Ibrahim, and Rumana Husain Moderator: Aliya Iqbal-NaqvI
Writing History Ismat Riaz, Hamida Khuhro, Mubarak Ali, and Mushirul Hasan Moderator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed
Book Launch: Soonha Joon Sou Sooratoon by Shah Mohammad Pirzada Imdad Hussaini Moderator: Masood Lohar
Bringing Down the Gender Walls Mandira Sen, Amina Yaqin, Zoya Hasan, and Asad Sayeed Moderator: Taimur Rahman
Princess Baloch Literature and Landscape Akram Dost and Ayub Baloch Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil
1.40 p.m. – 2.40 p.m.
The Legacy of the Mahatma Rajmohan Gandhi and Sarah Ansari Moderator: Zaffar Junejo
Drama and the Small Screen Haseena Moin, Attiya Dawood, Seema Taher Khan, Sultana Siddiqui, and Shakeel Moderator: Sarmad Khoosat
Puppet Show by Ritz Entertainment
Book Launch: Saints and Singers: Sufi Music in the Indus Valley by Peter Pannke Moderator: Masood Lohar In Conversation with Navid Shahzad Moderator: Sarmad Khoosat
Book Launch: Urdu Afsanay by Hasan Manzar Masood Ashar and Arfa Sayeda Zehra Moderator: Ali Akbar Natiq
Ba-Zuban e Qasmi: Readings and Conversation with Ataul Haq Qasmi Moderator: Irfan Javed
Book Launch: Questioning the Muslim Woman: Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality by Nida Kirmani Moderator: Nazish Brohi
Dhoop Kiran: Readings and Conversation with Imdad Hussaini Fahmida Riaz Moderator: Sahar Imdad
Aik Shakhs, Poora Mushaira (Mizahia) Nusrat Ali Introduction: Raheela Baqai
Storytelling by Adeel Hashmi
Presented by
In Conversation with Nahid Siddiqui Moderator: Shayma Saiyid
Book Launch: Across the Seas: Incorrigible Drift by Sayeed Hasan Khan Moderator: Mushirul Hasan Fireworks on a Window Pane: Readings and Conversation with Tanveer Anjum Moderator: Rukhsana Ahmad
Tulip 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Creativity in Education: In Conversation with Paul Collard Moderator: Fawzia Naqvi
Presented by ArtNow
Book Launch: Zahid aur Do Kahaniyan by Julien Columeau Afzal Ahmed Syed Moderator: Anwer Sen Roy
12.30 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Children’s Strand (Parking Area)
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid A Play by Grips Theatre
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production The Tenuous Line between Fiction and Non-Fiction H.M. Naqvi and Rob Crilly Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Main Garden
2.45 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.
Selection from the Classics: Readings by Zia Mohyeddin Introduction: Asif Farrukhi
Jasmine The US-Pakistan Relationship: Will it Endure? Moderator: Ishrat Husain
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Wapsi ka Safar: Readings and Conversation with Abdullah Hussain and launch of Jubilee edition of Udas Naslain Moderator: Muhammad Ahmed Shah
Book Launch: Who am I? by Moneeza Hashmi Asma Jahangir and Zehra Nigah Moderator: Adeel Hashmi
In Conversation with Mushirul Hasan and Zoya Hasan Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Children’s Strand (Parking Area) Sharing a Favourite Story: A Read Aloud Session by Yasmin Mehta
Book Launch: What’s Wrong with Pakistan? by Babar Ayaz Moderator: Zubeida Mustafa
In Conversation with Mohammed Hanif Moderator: Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi
Stand-up Comedy by Beo Zafar Introduction: Ali Saleem
Shatranj ki Baazi from the short story by Munshi Premchand by Zambeel Dramatic Readings (Mahvash Faruqi, Asma Mundrawala, Meesam Naqvi, and Nazr-ul-Hasan)
Jerusalem: A Journey Back in Time (History through Images) A Talk by Iftikhar Salahuddin Moderator: Najmuddin Shaikh
Talking about Sufism Sarwat Mohiuddin Moderator: Masood Lohar
Storytelling by Zara Mumtaz
5.15 p.m. – 6.15 p.m.
Readings and Conversation with Amar Jaleel Moderator: Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Film Screenings: Humaira: The Dream Catcher Ho Yaqeen: Syeda Fatima by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Moderator: Bina Shah
The Flux of History Sarah Ansari, Mushirul Hasan, Liaquat Merchant, and Mubarak Ali Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Parveen Shakir Amjad Islam Amjad Moderator: Fatema Hassan
The Pointed Pen: Art of the Political Cartoon Fauzia Minallah and Khuda Bux Abro Moderator: Niilofur Farrukh
Chulbuk Chori A Play by Thespianz Theatre
6:30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Closing Ceremony: Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi Speech by Aman Aziz Siddiqui, Head Strategy and Investment, HBL Keynote Speakers: Kamila Shamsie and Raza Ali Abidi
7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Performance by Nahid Siddiqui
8.30 p.m.
Concert by Laal
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. In Conversation with Naiza Khan Moderator: Kamila Shamsie Book Launch: Karachi Elegies
Presented by ArtNow
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Book Launch: Shaheedan-e-Wafa ka Khoon Baha Kia Salman Haq and Zehra Nigah Moderator: Taj Begum Farrukhi
Tulip
Pontoon: Sea Front Restaurant 3.30 p.m. – 5 p.m. Book Launch: Food Prints: An Epicurean Voyage through Pakistan: Overview of Pakistani Cuisine by Shanaz Ramzi Moderator: Zainab Omar Live Cooking Demonstration
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*The Programme is subject to change without prior notice due to last minute cancellations and other contingencies.
