KLF Programme 2014
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Transcript of KLF Programme 2014
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7, 8 and 9 February 2014 Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi
Bringing together international and Pakistani writers to showcasewriting at its bestwww.karachiliteraturefestival.org
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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 citys 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 childrens 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 Festivals 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 Pakistans most eminent critics, writers, and scholars.
AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS
A.H. NayyarA.G. NooraniAamir R. MuftiAasim Sajjad AkhtarAbbas RashidAbdul WahabAbdullah HussainAdeel Hashmi Afzal Ahmed SyedAhfaz ur RehmanAjmal SirajAkbar MasoomAkram DostAli Akbar NatiqAli SaleemAli SethiAliya Iqbal-NaqviAmar JaleelAmar SindhuAmeena SaiyidAmina YaqinAmjad Islam AmjadAmra AlamAnwar ShaoorAnwer Sen RoyAqeel Abbas JafriArfa Sayeda Zehra Arif HasanAsad Muhammad KhanAsad SayeedAshis NandyAshraf Jehangir QaziAsif FarrukhiAsif NooraniAsif SinanAsma IbrahimAsma JahangirAtaul Haq QasmiAttiya DawoodAyub BalochAzra Abbas Babar AyazBaela Raza JamilBari MianBeo ZafarBernardo CarvalhoBilal Hamid Bilal Tanweer Bina ShahBushra AnsariCabeiri deBergh RobinsonClaire ChambersDaniel HahnDanish HusainDarain ShahidiDurdana Soomro
Ehsan MasoodFahmida RiazFaisal MushtaqFarida FaizullahFatema HassanFauzia MinallahFramji MinwallaGhazi SalahuddinGioia GuerzoniH.M. NaqviHamida KhuhroHaris GazdarHarris KhaliqueHasan ManzarHaseena MoinHoori NooraniIftikhar SalahuddinIlona YusufImdad HussainiInaam NadeemIntizar HusainIqbal AkhundIrfan JavedIshrat HusainIsmat RiazJaved JabbarJulien ColumeauKaleemullah LashariKamila ShamsieKashif Hussain GhayarKhuda Bux AbroKhursheed HyderKhwaja Razi HaiderKishwar NaheedMadeeha GauharMadeline ClementsMahmood FarooquiMahmood JamalMaleeha LodhiMandira SenMarc ParentMaryam Wasif KhanMasood AsharMasood LoharMatthieu AikinsMazhar ZaidiMeenu GaurMeghan Davidson LadlyMehdi MasudMeher JaffriMoeen FaruqiMohammed HanifMohsin BabbarMoneeza HashmiMoni MohsinMosharraf Zaidi
Mubarak Ali Muhammad Ahmed ShahMuhammad Salman SarwatMujahid BarelviMuneeza ShamsieMushirul Hasan Mustafa ArbabMustansar Hussain TararNahid Siddiqui Najmuddin ShaikhNargis SultanaNasreen AskariNasreen IqbalNauman NaqviNavid ShahzadNaz IkramullahNazish BrohiNida KirmaniNiilofur FarrukhNikesh ShuklaNikita LalwaniNusrat AliOmar Shahid HamidOmayr Aziz Saiyid Peerzada SalmanPervez HoodbhoyPeter PannkeRaheela BaqaiRajmohan GandhiRasul Bakhsh RaisRaza Ali AbidiRaza RumiRazeshta SethnaRiaz Mohammad KhanRob CrillyRoland deSouza Rubina AbroRubina SaigolRukhsana AhmadRukhsana PreetRumana HusainSabir WaseemSahar AnsariSahar ImdadSalman HaqSalman Tarik KureshiSamina RahmanSaquib HanifSarah Ansari Sarmad KhoosatSarwat MohiuddinSarwat ZehraSayeed Hasan KhanSeema Taher KhanShabbar ZaidiShah Muhammad Pirzada
Shaha Jamshed Shahana Rajani Shahid SiddiquiShahnaz AhsanuddinShahnaz Wazir Ali Shahrukh Hasan ShakeelShanaz RamziShandana MinhasSharmeen Obaid ChinoyShaukat AbidShayma SaiyidSheema KermaniSheen FarrukhShehzad RoyShireen HarounSultana SiddiquiSyed Jaffar AhmedTaimoor ShahidTaimur RahmanTaimur SuriTaj Begum Farrukhi Tanveer AnjumTariq RahmanThomas BrussigTina SaniUzma Aslam KhanVictoria SchofieldWajid JawadYasmin Mehta Zafar HilalyZaffar JunejoZaheda HinaZain AhmedZainab OmarZeb BangashZehra NigahZia MohyeddinZobaida Jalal Zohra HusainZoya Hasan Zubeida Mustafa
THEATRE GROUPSGrips TheatreRitz TheatreThespianz TheatreZambeel Dramatic Readings Zain Ahmed and Group
Batain aur Mulaqatain Author Signings Media Rooms Book Fair Food Court
ArtNow Activities: Art Exhibition Photography Exhibition ArtNow Reading Corner
Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival:
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Friday, 7 February 2014
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
10 a.m. 12 noon InaugurationNational Anthem by Citizens Education Development Foundation Children Speeches by Festival Organizers and Representatives of Festival SponsorsKeynote 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
Power of the Fourth Estate
Meghan Davidson Ladly, Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Matthieu Aikins, Sruthi Gottipatti, Pierre Monegiere, and Sayem MehmoodModerator: 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 HilalyModerator: 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
1.15 p.m. 2.15 p.m. LUNCH AND PRAYERS
2.15 p.m. 3.15 p.m. Bushras BarbsBushra Ansari Moderator: Ali Saleem
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 HaroonModerator: Omayr Aziz Saiyid
Book Launch:
Ill Find My Way: An Anthology of Short StoriesEdited 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
Storytelling by Khursheed Hyder
2 p.m. 3 p.m.Karachis Changing Art Scene
Jalal Uddin Ahmed
Presented by ArtNow
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Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
3.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. The Pakistani Muse: Literature and Music in Pakistan
Tina Sani, Zeb Bangash (of Zeb and Haniya), and Sarmad Khoosat Moderator: Ali Sethi
Human Rights and Wrongs in Pakistan
Mohammed Hanif, Asma Jahangir, Cabeiri deBergh Robinson, and Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Moderator: Roland deSouza
Basti aur Uskay Baad: Readings and Conversation with Intizar Husain with launch of Silver Jubilee edition of Basti Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Book Launch: The Rest is Silence: Zahoor ul Akhlaq: Art and Society in Pakistan by Roger Connah
Shahana Rajani, Saquib Hanif, and Zohra HusainModerator: Niilofur Farrukh
State School Reform
Shehzad Roy, Mosharraf Zaidi, and Shahnaz Wazir AliModerator: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Ali Baba Chalees Chor by Zain Ahmed and Group
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
4.45 p.m. 5.45 p.m. In Conversation with Rajmohan Gandhi
Moderators: Hamida Khuhro and Sarah Ansari
The French Connection: Round Table of Pakistani Authors with French Publisher, Marc Parent
Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Karachiwala: A Subcontinent Within a City A Talk by Rumana Husain
Moderator: Haris Gazdar
Identity and Literature: New Trends in Pakistani Writing in English
Claire Chambers and Rukhsana AhmadModerator: Bilal Tanweer
Importance of School Libraries
Yasmin Mehta, Zobaida Jalal, Nargis Sultana, Zubeida Mustafa, Mosharraf Zaidi, and Faisal Mushtaq Moderator: Shaha Jamshed
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid
A Play by Grips Theatre
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production
6.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. Mushaira Nizamat: Fatema HassanKishwar 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
Friday, 7 February 2014
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Saturday, 8 February 2014
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
10 a.m. 11 a.m. Qalam sey Awaz Tak: Readings and Conversation with Raza Ali Abidi
Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Contemporary Fiction at Home and the Diaspora
Nikesh Shukla, Nikita Lalwani, Muneeza Shamsie, and Moni MohsinModerator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
Apni Beyaz Say: Readings from the Classics and Conversation with Zehra Nigah Moderator: Harris Khalique
Book Launch: Language, Gender, and Power: The Politics of Representation and Hegemony in South Asiaby Shahid Siddiqui
Moderator: Tariq Rahman
Book Launch: The Scatter Here is Too Great by Bilal Tanweer
Moderator: Ali Sethi
The Goal of Higher Education: Creating Professionals or Scholars?
Ishrat Husain, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Ismat Riaz, Zobaida Jalal, and Abbas RashidModerator: Aamir R. Mufti
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. Book Launch: Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten by Rajmohan Gandhi
Moderator: Raza Rumi
On Stage
Madeeha Gauhar, Sheema Kermani, and ShakeelModerator: Zain Ahmed
Teesray Pehr ki Kahaniyan: Readings and Conversation with Asad Muhammad Khan Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Book Launches: Jazeera-e- Sukhanwaran by Ghulam Abbas Intikhab: Ghulam Abbas Zaheda Hina and Masood AsharModerator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Voices, Older and Younger: Poetry in English
Salman Tarik Kureshi, Ilona Yusuf, Shireen Haroun, Bilal Hamid, Moeen Faruqi, and Farida FaizullahModerator: Shahnaz Ahsanuddin
Book Launches: Our Shaikh Sadi: A Selection from Gulistan and Bustan translated by Fahmida Riaz
The Simurgh and the Birds translated by Fahmida Riaz
Moderator: Amra Alam
11 a.m. 1 p.m.
Arts and the Politics of Our Times
Durriya Kazi, Gemma Sharpe, and Seher NaveedModerator: Quddus Mirza
Presented by ArtNow
12.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m. In Conversation with Kamila Shamsie
Moderator: Maryam Wasif Khan
Historic Adversaries, Modern Partners
Tilo Klinner, Shahrukh Hasan, and Thomas BrussigModerator: Zafar Hilaly
Qawwali Music and the Sufi Poetry Tradition: A Presentation by Mahmood Jamal
Moderator: Sarwat Mohiuddin
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 BabbarModerator: Javed Jabbar
British Council Translation Workshop
Taimoor Shahid, Durdana Soomro, Nikesh Shukla, Nikita Lalwani, Gioia Guerzoni, and Daniel Hahn
Chulbuk Chori A Play by Thespianz Theatre
1.40 p.m. 2.40 p.m. 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 AbroModerator: Amar Sindhu
Nai Nazm ka Safar
Sarwat Zehra, Mustafa Arbab, and Ahfaz ur RehmanModerator: Azra Abbas
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Saturday, 8 February 2014
Main Garden Sunflower Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
2.45 p.m. 3.45 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
Public Knowledge, Private Learning
Ishrat Husain, Abdul Wahab, Faisal Mushtaq, and Aasim Sajjad AkhtarModerator: Ehsan Masood
Shayer e Awam: Habib Jalib
Asma Jahangir, Fahmida Riaz, Taimur Rahman, and Arfa Sayeda ZehraModerator: Mujahid Barelvi
Book Launch: Ganga Jamuni: Silver and Gold: A Forgotten Culture by Naz Ikramullah
Sheema KermaniModerator: Raza Rumi
Book Launch: Pakistan: Not a Failed State by Syed Shabbar Zaidi
Moderator: Asad Sayeed
Shaping Societal Norms:
The Role of Textbooks
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Rubina Saigol, A.H. Nayyar, Zobaida Jalal, and Samina Rahman Moderator: Ameena Saiyid
Musical Performance and Workshop by Asif Sinan
3 p.m. 5 p.m.Challenges Faced by Art Galleries
Zohra Husain, Riffat Alvi, and Sameera RajaModerator: Nighat Mir
Presented by ArtNow
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. Afghanistan 2014: Consequences for Pakistan
Najmuddin Shaikh, Maleeha Lodhi, Victoria Schofield, Mehdi Masud, Hussain Haroon, and Riaz Mohammad KhanModerator: 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 JaffriModerator: Navid Shahzad
Chashm-e-Tamasha: Readings and Conversation with Amjad Islam Amjad
Moderator: Muhammad Ahmed 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
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 OmarLive Cooking Demonstration
5.15 p.m. 6.15 p.m. 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
Book Launch: The Prisoner by Omar Shahid Hamid
Moderator: Bina Shah
Viewing the Publishing Scene
Masood Ashar, Hoori Noorani, Mandira Sen, and Marc ParentModerator: Ameena Saiyid
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid
A Play by Grips Theatre
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production
6.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m. Dastangoi: Dastan-e-Husaam Jadoo and Dastan-e-Chouboli
Danish Husain, Darain Shahidi, and Mahmood Farooqui
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Sunday, 9 February 2014
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
10 a.m. 11 a.m. 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
Book Launch: Saints and Singers: Sufi Music in the Indus Valley by Peter PannkeModerator: Masood Lohar
Baloch Literature and Landscape
Akram Dost and Ayub Baloch Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
11 a.m. 1 p.m.
Creativity in Education: In Conversation with Paul Collard
Moderator: Fawzia Naqvi
Presented by ArtNow
11.15 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. In Conversation with Ashis Nandy
Moderator: Nauman Naqvi
Bringing Down the Gender Walls
Mandira Sen, Amina Yaqin, Zoya Hasan, and Asad SayeedModerator: Taimur Rahman
In Conversation with Navid Shahzad
Moderator: Sarmad Khoosat
Book Launch: Urdu Afsanay by Hasan Manzar
Masood Ashar and Arfa Sayeda ZehraModerator: Ali Akbar Natiq
Book Launch: Zahid aur Do Kahaniyan by Julien Columeau Afzal Ahmed SyedModerator: Anwer Sen Roy
Dhoop Kiran: Readings and Conversation with Imdad Hussaini Fahmida RiazModerator: Sahar Imdad
Storytelling by Adeel Hashmi
Presented by
12.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m. The Legacy of the Mahatma
Rajmohan Gandhi and Sarah AnsariModerator: Zaffar Junejo
Drama and the Small Screen
Haseena Moin, Attiya Dawood, Seema Taher Khan, Sultana Siddiqui, and ShakeelModerator: Sarmad Khoosat
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
Book Launch: Across the Seas: Incorrigible Drift by Sayeed Hasan Khan
Moderator: Mushirul Hasan
In Conversation with Nahid Siddiqui
Moderator: Shayma Saiyid
Choti Moti Tota aur S. M. Hamid
A Play by Grips Theatre
A Grips Pakistan and Goethe Institut Pakistan Production
1.40 p.m. 2.40 p.m. Fireworks on a Window Pane: Readings and Conversation with Tanveer Anjum
Moderator: Rukhsana Ahmad
Aik Shakhs, Poora Mushaira (Mizahia) Nusrat Ali
Introduction: Raheela Baqai
The Tenuous Line between Fiction and Non-Fiction
H.M. Naqvi and Rob CrillyModerator: Framji Minwalla
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Sunday, 9 February 2014
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 PrincessChildrens Strand
(Parking Area)Tulip
2.45 p.m. 3.45 p.m. Selection from the Classics: Readings by Zia Mohyeddin
Introduction: Asif Farrukhi
The US-Pakistan Relationship: Will it Endure?
Moderator: Ishrat Husain
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
Book Launch: Whats Wrong with Pakistan? by Babar Ayaz
Moderator: Zubeida Mustafa
In Conversation with Mushirul Hasan and Zoya Hasan Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Sharing a Favourite Story: A Read Aloud Session by Yasmin Mehta
3 p.m. 5 p.m.In Conversation with Naiza Khan
Moderator: Kamila ShamsieBook Launch: Karachi Elegies
Presented by ArtNow
4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 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
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 OmarLive Cooking Demonstration
5.15 p.m. 6.15 p.m. Readings and Conversation with Amar Jaleel
Moderator: Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Film Screenings: Humaira: The Dream CatcherHo Yaqeen: Syeda Fatima by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Moderator: Bina Shah
The Flux of History
Sarah Ansari, Mushirul Hasan, and Mubarak AliModerator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Book Launch: Intikhab-e-Kalam: Parveen ShakirAmjad Islam Amjad Moderator: Fatema Hassan
Book Launch: Shaheedan-e-Wafa ka Khoon Baha Kia Salman Haq and Zehra NigahModerator: Taj Begum Farrukhi
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, HBLKeynote 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
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