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Curtain falls on KLF with mesmerizing qawwali rendition
Closing ceremony celebrates literary legends Zehra Nigah, Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed and Muneeza Shamsie
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Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah surprises Pakistani fans with live appearance at KLF
Actor attracted a huge crowd that gathered to hear him talk about his journey from mainstream to parallel cinema.
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What is holding Pakistan's education back?
Panellists at KLF laud book on country's education system and those trying to change it
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‘Country needs to up the ante in its diplomatic game’
Maleeha Lodhi on Pakistan's challenges at KLF session
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A joke a day can keep Karachi’s trauma at bay
Comedians, artists discuss political, therapeutic roots of satire
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‘An example of colonisation of minds, ideas — South Asia’
The coloniser may be expelled but traces of colonisation remain: Kloeble at KLF session
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A sombre KLF opens in 2021 amid Covid, Moin’s death
Structural shifts in world affairs highlighted during keynote address at 12th edition
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Renowned writer Dr Asif Farrukhi passes away
Acclaimed for his writing and literary criticism, he was a founder member of KLF
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Mahmood urges steps to end educational inequality
Education minister says prevailing issues require huge efforts
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Sindh may have suffered a setback, but it has immense potential
Panel at KLF discusses strategies and plan to take province forward
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Can poetic expression counter violent extremism in Pakistan?
'Maybe we can all live happily ever after'
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Book launching at KLF
Authored by former State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Husain the book highlights the socioeconomic problems of Sindh
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Promoting cultural activism to counter extremism
Experts give their opinion on extremism, culture and education in Sindh
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Administrative overlaps, poor planning ail Karachi
Panelists at KLF session, ‘The Karachi Dilemma: Conservation and Evolution’ give their two cents on the city
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10th KLF to be held from March 1-3
Over 235 speakers from Pakistan and abroad will address 80 sessions over the three days
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'Everyone is allowed an opinion but not to manipulate facts'
Speakers discuss state of the news media in Pakistan
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'Writers take from what is offered to them'
Rosinka Chaudhri says poets should strive to be marginal
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'Poetry detached from suffering of the downtrodden never reaches greatness'
Luminaries of civil society discuss past, present and future of 'mazahmati adab'
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‘Inclusion will lead to better educational institutions’
Good students will build good institutions, say speakers
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How fake news phenomenon isolated Lyari
Documentary 'Don Akhbar' shows how one newspaper demonised an entire locality
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Habib University students launch anthology, say writing impacts history, society
Jabbar read out her poem from the book which explored the differences of language among generations.
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#MeToo talk pushes aside issue of harassment
KLF discussion failed to address key issues, concentrates on issues of women, transgenders in Pakistan
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'Sufis first bring people closer to their hearts, then to humanity'
Panelists discuss the essence of sufism in session 'Shrines and Sufi Legacy' on KLF's second day
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KLF book prizes’ long lists announced
161 authors to speak at festival to be held from February 9 to 11
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KLF brings Maldives poet to Pakistan
Ibrahim Waheed Ogaru is on a mission to showcase Maldives as more than just a tourist destination
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KLF: Speakers stress on country’s unequal socio-economic system
Leading experts say government shying away from responsibility
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Karachi always remains in your blood: Omar Shahid Hamid
Author speaks at launch of his third book, The Party Worker
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The turbulent yet fulfilling journey of music in Pakistan
KLF session Pakistani Music: From Raagas to Rock was held on Friday night
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KLF kicks off 8th edition by giving voice to the voiceless
Literature festival starts with keynote speeches by Ayesha Jalal, Mustansir H Tarar
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The literature divide
This year two festivals were held in Pakistan's different cities but with varied clientele, audience and expectations
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Bringing together great minds: Literature festivals bridge gap between Karachi and Manchester
KLF to collaborate with Manchester festival in fall this year
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‘Don’t hold back, just do it’
Ellias was a trade union activist in his 20s before he became a professional photographer
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Helping artists move beyond borders
The artists are also working to bring to the fore the plight of migrants
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The myth-maker, the storyteller and the explorer
“A lot of what I write comes from an urge to make up for what was never said,” she claimed
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Looking for science at a literature festival
According to Sardar, Muslims do not encourage scientific discourse at any level
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Show me a soft image of Pakistan and I will present it: Hina Rabbani Khar
Former foreign minister chats about her life: personal, professional and political
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Unchained melody of oppression
Speakers discuss 'discomforting' topics of child abuse, prostitution
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Pity the grass when elephants fight, Salman Khurshid on Kashmir
Experts discuss complexities of solving the Kashmir issue, missing voice of locals
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Memory and the city: Art to step out of galleries in 2017 with Karachi Biennale
Event aims to project how artists, curators, historians and art educators look at the city
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Complexities of memory and fiction
According to Naqvi, “recollection is always a communal endeavour.”
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KLF remembers the father of literature festivals
Moment of silence for Intizar Hussain marks start of seventh literary event
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After Anupam Kher, Nandita Das drops out of Karachi Literature Festival
Bollywood actor shares the news on her Facebook post, citing health reasons for not being able to attend 7th KLF
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On its seventh leg of journey, KLF to award Urdu fiction, non-fiction works
7th Karachi Literature Festival to kick off from February 5