Tag: Literature
Award winning books every Pakistani bibliophile should read
The literary world has all sorts of treasures. And where a majority of literary leaders happen to from foreign countries, it is a matter...
Zia enthralls literary buffs on Yousafi’s 95th birth anniversary
KARACHI: Zia Muhiuddin, an internationally acclaimed performer and icon in the realms of culture, enthralled literature buffs by reading out excerpts from the work...
Satirist Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, 94, passes away
Renowned Urdu satire writer Mushtaq Ahmad Yousafi, 94, has passed away in Karachi after prolonged ailment.
He was being treated at a local hospital in Karachi.
Yusufi,...
Kabul ‘library on wheels’ drives Afghan children to read
KABUL: The door of the blue bus slides open and dozens of children excitedly bound up the steps, eager to get their hands on...
Nobel Prize for Literature cancelled after sex assault scandal
The Swedish Academy announced on Friday morning that there would be no Nobel laureate for literature selected in 2018, as it attempts to come...
France to assist Pakistan in conservation of archaeological sites
ISLAMABAD: France will extend technical assistance to Pakistan for the conservation of archaeological sites and enhance mutual cooperation in the fields of literature, arts...
LLF’18 shines through on return to Alhamra
LAHORE: It was in the midst of a late winter drizzle that the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) finally returned home to the Alhamra Arts Centre,...
‘TV dramas are like a blanket difficult to leave’
KARACHI: In the opening session of the last day of 9th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), Asif Farrukhi had an interesting conversation with popular TV writer...
KLF attracts thousands of literature lovers on second day
On the second day of Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) 2018 on Saturday, thousands of literature lovers thronged to the venue of the festival and...
Promotion of art, literature is a noble cause: Irfan Siddiqui
PESHAWAR: Advisor to Prime Minister on National Heritage and Lok Virsa Irfan Siddiqui has said that the promotion of art and literature is a...
CM congratulates new office bearers of “Dareecha” in Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated famous columnist and presidential award winning Seerat writer, Asghar Ali Javed over his selection as secretary of...
Famed Sindhi writer Amar Jaleel receives Kamal-i-Fun award
Prominent Sindhi fiction writer and columnist Amar Jaleel was awarded the Kamal-i-Fun Award 2016 on Monday by a jury selected by the Pakistan Academy...
Three-day Children Literature Festival to start from Jan 12
LAHORE: A social movement on art and literature, Children Literature Festival (CLF) in collaboration with Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA), has been rescheduled from...
Qawwli, spirituality, dance and more: residents of Lahore throng Faiz International...
LAHORE: Faiz International Festival with its blend of classic and modern themes of discussion ranging from qawwali to the spiritual importance of cities, dance...
Crime writer Ian Rankin predicts rise of ‘kind, gentle’ literature again
Global turmoil after seismic events such as Brexit and the election of President Donald Trump may push readers away from dystopian crime fiction to...
George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo wins Booker prize
LONDON: American author George Saunders won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday for “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a polyphonic symphony of a...
No Nobel for Haruki Murakami, while demand surges for winner Kazuo...
Tokyo: Japan had been pinning its hopes on its best-known novelist Haruki Murakami to win the Nobel Prize but eagerly claimed a link to...
