Literature - 6

Book street has been designed by Sajjad Kasuar, a professor of architecture at the National College of Arts, Mr Zaheer said. The street will be paved with durable tiles and have wrought iron benches, specially designed wrought iron lights and reading stands and shelves. The street will be open only to pedestrians in the evenings. [...]

There was a fresh approach to the staging of a posture of life of the poignant Urdu poet, Mustafa Khan Shaifta and his lover Rumjo. During this ordeal, Shaifta was out of town and upon his return, he learns that his lover had chosen to end her life rather than endure the pain caused by [...]

World-renowned artists, poets, writers, scholars and researchers of Urdu language would participate in an International Urdu Conference scheduled to be held in the federal capital from March 9. A unique Mehfil-e-Mushaira will be held at Daman-e-Koh where well-known poets will recite works of legendary poets. An epic presentation of the evolution of Urdu language will [...]

Zeshan Ahmed Malik who is a student of Law and son of a prominent Judge Khadim Hussian Malik has translated it from English into Urdu. Renowned Professor of English from NUML University, Sajad Haider Malik, has written a very catchy and comprehensive foreword of the book. Professor Razi Abidi of the same University from Urdu [...]

The festival aims to celebrate the rich literary, linguistic and cultural heritage of the Punjabi community by mobilising children, youth, intellectuals and folk artistes. “The festival houses all forms of creative expressions – both traditional and modern,” said Mehdi, who is head of Lok Sujag, the Lahore-based organisers of the festival. The festival intends to [...]

LAST week Johar Mir, a Pakistani literary icon, passed away in New York City. As is the fate of most writers and poets from the Third World he remained unappreciated and uncelebrated. It was only in recent years that his impact on Urdu literature in general and the literature of resistance in particular was recognized. [...]

Leading humour poets focussed on the uniform issue of President Pervez Musharraf at a mushaira organized by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company on Saturday night in a local hotel. The mushaira was called “Mizah eleven”. Prof Inayat Ali Khan Tonki’s verses on the subject made the audience break into peals of uncontrollable laughter. His other verses [...]

Lok Virsa has launched the first volume of the ‘Cultural Encyclopaedia of Pakistan’ focusing on the country’s heritage, ethnology and folklore, said Uxi Mufti, executive director of Lok Virsa, on Sunday. The first volume ‘Northern Areas – Karakurrum, Himalayas and Hindukush’ written in Urdu was the maiden step towards the 12-volume, the rest of which [...]

Members of a delegation of Indian Sindhi writers visited their ancestral towns of Daro and Chuhar Jamali on Monday. In Daro, they attended the launching ceremony of Adab ja Sarchashma (Resources of literature) by critic Yousuf Sindhi, Aalami Ajaibat (Wonders of the world) by travel writer Abdul Hayee Palijo and a periodical Jati. The ceremony [...]

Business Software Alliance (BSA) Wednesday announced a national article writing competition for journalists on the ills of software piracy, offering Rs. 90,000 cash awards. The winner would get the Rs. 40,000 bumper prize, while the two runners up would be awarded Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 each respectively. The competition is open to all the [...]