KLF 2016
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#LLF2016: Ideas (un)Ltd
We should hold literary festivals in places like Mardan, Wana & Khairpur instead of just in Karachi, Lahore
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Arabic in Pakistan is a joke: Dr Nomanul Haq
Speakers were invited to investigate whether our national poet’s magnum opus was inspired by Italian Dante Alighieri
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The king of fiction is dead, laments Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Asif Farrukhi says Intizar Hussain will continue to live through his memories, books and conversations
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Urdu may be unfortunate but it is most flexible: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Zehra was one of the panellists at a session on ‘Sarkari Urdu, Awami Urdu: the Official Status of Urdu’
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Capturing spirituality and universal truth with Rumi
Scholar Nomanul Haq said that Rumi’s poems transport readers into a realm of philosophical thought
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Using history to bust myths
Barbara D Metcalf speaks about origins of Deoband movement and role of ethics in Islam
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Preserve the past for the future
The statement set the tone at the session, titled ‘Our History, Our Responsibility’
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No practical rights for the transgender in Pakistan
Transgender people are forced to choose either to be identified as a woman or a man, a panelist observes
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Fact and fiction: Germany’s affair with Jihad
German author Stephen Kopetzky’s novel 'Risk' launched at KLF
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Pakistani cinema strikes back and it's on the right track
Film distributors, actors and film-maker discuss revival of cinema
