ILF day two sees book lovers flock to stalls

Multiple events held on second day of Islamabad Literature Festival

ISLAMABAD: The second day of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) drew crowds of book lovers and literati besides diplomats and high officials.

The event included book launching events along with discussions on various topics.

A discussion on the book titled Iftikhar Arif: Life and Work was held by panelist Anna Suvorova, poet, Harris Khalique, Vafa Manesh and Iftikhar Arif himself.

Zahoor Ahmed’s translation of the Chinse Novel titled, Teen Saltanaton ki Daastan, or The Tale of Three Empires was also discussed by panelists and moderated by Shahid Awan.

It was also attended by Chinese Cultural Counselor Zhang Heqing.

A conversation session was organised with Sonia Kamal, author of Unmarriageable – A Novel on Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan.

The book launching ceremony at the event included, Phat’tay Aamonka Case — which is an Urdu translation of A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif and Zafar Ullah Poshni’s Prison Interlude: The Last Eyewitness Account of the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case which was hosted by Owais Tohid and attended by panelists including Muneeza Hashmi and Raza Rabbani.

Renowned Physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy and Air Commodore (retd) Khalid Banuri held a session about the threats of nuclear arms titled, Striking Peace in a Nuclear Charged Environment, moderated by Ejaz Hyder. A conversation with HM Naqvi, the author of The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack, moderated by George Fulton, was also held.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2019.