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"The sky, a perfect empty canvas, offers clouds nonetheless…"
The main focus of the panel discussion was the loss of indigenous art in Pakistan.
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Karachi Literature Festival: Men, women, third gender all welcome
The discussion on Sufism in Pakistan began with a topic that tugs at the hearts of all Pakistanis: suicide bombings.
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‘Prospect of Pakistan’s isolation is acute’
Prominent journalist Ahmed Rashid points to a very tough time ahead for the country.
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The romanticist, the sceptic and the populist re-imagine Pakistan
Whether we want Pakistan to be a welfare state in the future brought the panelists to loggerheads.
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Pakistan is headed for a clerical tsunami: analysts
Pervez Hoodbhoy lashes out at ‘liberal elite’ who don’t venture out to see the reality and ‘the mass of discontent’.
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Are Urdu readers a diminishing breed?
A lively debate around the question ‘Are Urdu readers a diminishing breed’ held an appreciative audience in...
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No more writing about Karachi, says Kamila
Kamila Shamsie could not resist adding that “I am not a global citizen. I am a Karachi girl who lives in London.”
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Detractors and excited young fans attended the launch of Bina Shah’s fifth book
O’ Level students whispered with anticipation, “I love her books. I can’t wait to FINALLY see her.”
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“Do you have an itch, Ali Sethi?... Yeah man, I do.”
No, this is not a locker-room conversation but part of a discussion on the nature of the creative urge.
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When a journalist attends a creative-writing workshop
The otherwise spacious room was brimming with budding writers, young and old, when the journalist had walked in.
