5, 6, and 7 February 2016 Bringing together international and

5, 6, and 7 February 2016 Bringing together international and

5, 6, and 7 February 2016
7
Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi
Bringing together
international and
Pakistani writers
to promote reading
and showcase writing
at its best
karachiliteraturefestival.org
Entry is free and open to all.
Timings: 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.
#KhiLF
Co-sponsors:
The Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) has been a resounding
success since its launch in March 2010. Inspired by the first two
KLFs (2010 and 2011), the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) was
launched at the end of 2011. The momentum begun in Pakistan
with the KLF led not only to the CLF but also to the Islamabad
Literature Festival (ILF) launched in 2013, the Teachers’ Literature
Festival (TLF) launched in 2014, and many others in Pakistan.
This momentum reflects the depth of our historical literary and
cultural roots, and the great desire in Pakistan to celebrate the
pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and creativity.
The KLF and ILF are directed by Ameena Saiyid, founded by
Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi, and produced by Oxford
University Press. The first of a kind in Pakistan, they are open
to all and free, and bring together authors writing in diverse
languages and genres. They feature debates, discussions, lectures, English and Urdu mushaira, a
book fair, book launches, readings, signings, comedy, satire, theatre, film screenings, music, and
dance. Since 2014, the KLF and ILF have featured parallel art programming, curated by ArtNow.
Additionally, the KLF has featured parallel children’s programming such as storytelling, puppetry,
painting, singing, and creative movement.
KLF attendance has grown exponentially: 5,000 in 2010; 10,000 in 2011; 15,000 in 2012; 50,000 in
2013; 70,000 in 2014; and 125,000 last year. In 2010, there were 35 speakers/performers, 104 in 2011;
139 in 2012; and, since 2013, the KLF has featured more than 200 speakers/performers each year.
Each year, the speakers/participants have been outstanding, including, but not limited to, these
keynote speakers: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2010); Karen Armstrong (2011); William Dalrymple
(2012); Intizar Husain and Nadeem Aslam (KLF 2013); Intizar Husain, Kamila Shamsie, and Zia
Mohyeddin (ILF 2013); Kamila Shamsie, Rajmohan Gandhi, and Raza Ali Abidi (KLF 2014); Aamer
Hussein, Kishwar Naheed, Muneeza Shamsie, and Zehra Nigah (ILF 2014); Nayantara Sahgal and
Zehra Nigah (KLF 2015); Anatol Lieven, Ataul Haq Qasmi, Paul Harding, and Zehra Nigah (ILF 2015).
This year’s keynote addresses will be delivered by Fahmida Riaz, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Rakhshanda
Jalil, and Ziauddin Sardar.
Four literary prizes will be awarded at the KLF. The KLF Coca-Cola Prize goes to the best
non-fiction book originally written in English by a Pakistani or Pakistan-origin foreign national,
published anywhere worldwide. The KLF Peace Prize is a joint project of the KLF, the Consulate
General of Germany in Karachi, and the Embassy of Germany in Islamabad. It goes to a fiction
or non-fiction book that promotes peace, tolerance and international understanding, published
anywhere worldwide in any language translated into English, and written by a Pakistani or a
Pakistani-origin foreign national residing anywhere worldwide, or any foreign national who is
a resident of Pakistan. The KLF–Embassy of France Prize promotes fiction originally written
in English. The author (a Pakistani or a Pakistani-origin foreign national residing anywhere
worldwide) of the best novel or short story collection, published anywhere worldwide or selfpublished, wins an official invitation for a fully-sponsored visit to the Paris Book Fair. The KLF Urdu
Fiction/Non-Fiction Prize is awarded to a poetry or prose book originally written in Urdu, published
anywhere worldwide (or self-published) before December 2015, by a Pakistani or Pakistan-origin
author living anywhere worldwide.
See you at Beach Luxury on 5, 6, and 7 February! Don’t register in advance: just turn up! And mark
your calendars for ILF on 15, 16, 17 April 2016 at the Lok Virsa Museum.
AUTHORS/MODERATORS/SPEAKERS
Aaron Mulvany
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Adeela Suleman
Afzaal Ahmad
Afzal Ahmed Syed
Aijaz Mangi
Aisha Khalid
Ajmal Siraj
Ali Akbar Natiq
Ali Habib
Ali Khan
Ali Nobil Ahmad
Ali Safina
Ali Usman Qasmi
Aliya Iqbal Naqvi
Alok Bhalla
Amar Jaleel
Amar Naseer
Amar Pirzada
Amar Sindhu
Ambareen Haseeb Amber
Amean J.
Ameena Saiyid
Amra Ali
Anas Riasat
Andrea Berrini
Aneesuddin Ahmed
Anis Haroon
Anupam Kher
Anwaar Ahmad
Anwar Masood
Anwar Shaoor
Aqeel Abbas Jafri
Aquila Ismail
Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Arif Mahmood
Arshad Faruqi
Arshad Mahmud
Asghar Nadeem Syed
Ashok Chopra
Asif Farrukhi
Asif Noorani
Asif Sinan
Asma Ibrahim
Attiya Dawood
Ayla Raza
Aziz Sohail
Azra Abbas
Babar Ayaz
Baela Raza Jamil
Barbara D. Metcalf
Barbara Toye-Welsh
Bari Mian
Barkha Dutt
Bilal Hamid
Bina Sarkar
Bina Shah
Bindiya Rana
Brigitta Blaha
Camilla Hadi Chaudhary
Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq
Christoph Peters
Daniel Mattern
Deborah Robinson
Ehsan Masood
Ejaz Ahed
Emaan Rana
Emmanuelle Collas
F. S. Aijazuddin
Fahmida Riaz
Faraz Maqsood Hamidi
Farhan Bokhari
Farida Faizullah
Farzana Firoz
Fasih Ahmed
Fatema Hassan
Fawzia Naqvi
Fazal Rizvi
Fazlullah Pechuho
Feryal Ali-Gauhar
Fouzia Saeed
Framji Minwalla
Frieha Altaf
Ghazi Salahuddin
H. M. Naqvi
Haajra Haider
Hafeez Jamali
Harris Khalique
Hasan Zaidi
Haseeb Asif
Haseena Moin
Hina Rabbani Khar
Hoori Noorani
Imdad Hussaini
Imran Qureshi
Inaam Nadeem
Intizar Husain
Irfan Javed
Ishrat Husain
Jamsheed Marker
Javaid Ahmed
Jean-Luc Racine
John O’Brien
Kamal Khan
Kamila Shamsie
Kashif Hussain Ghayar
Kasim Kasuri
Kausar S. Khan
Khawar Mumtaz
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Khwaja Razi Haider
Kiran Aman
Kishwar Naheed
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
Mahmood Ayub
Mahreen Zuberi
Mahtab Akbar Rashdi
Malahat Awan
Maliha Noorani
Malika Abbas
Maniza Naqvi
Mansoora Hassan
Marjorie Husain
Masood Ashar
Masood Lohar
Masuma Hasan
Mehjabeen Abidi-Habib
Mehr Tarar
Mehtab S. Karim
Mirza Waheed
Moeen Faruqi
Mohammed Hanif
Mubashir Ali Zaidi
Muhammad Athar Masood
Mujahid Barelvi
Muneeza Shamsie
Musharaf Hai
Mustafa Arbab
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Nadeem F. Paracha
Naila Mahmood
Naima Dadabhoy
Najmuddin Shaikh
Nandita Das
Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Nauman Naqvi
Naz Ikramullah
Nazish Brohi
Neelofar Abbasi
Niilofur Farrukh
Nimra Bucha
Nisar Ahmad Khuhro
Noor ul Huda Shah
Noor Zaheer
Nurayah Sheikh Nabi
Olivier Truc
Omayr Aziz Saiyid
Omran Shafique
Osman Khalid Waheed
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Pirzada Qasim
Quddus Mirza
Qudsia Rahim
Rabia Garib
Rafeeq Ellias
Rafique Kathwari
Rakhshanda Jalil
Reema Abbasi
Riffat Alvi
Rina Saeed Khan
Roohi Ahmed
Ruchira Gupta
Saad Haroon
Saad Irfan
Saba Khan
Sabiana Paoli
Sabir Zafar
Sadaf Malatere
Sadia Mahmood
Sadia Shepard
Sadiah Pal
Sadiqa Salahuddin
Sahar Ansari
Sahar Imdad Hussaini
Saif Mahmood
Saira Sheikh
Salman Khurshid
Salman Sarwat
Salman Tarik Kureshi
Sameera Raja
Sanam Saeed
Sania Saeed
Sanjay Rajoura
Sara Haider
Sarmad Khoosat
Seema Nusrat
Sehba Sarwar
Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman
Shahid Nadeem
Shahida Hassan
Shahnaz Wazir Ali
Shahram Azhar
Shakeel Adilzada
Shakil Rizvi
Shanaz Ramzi
Sharif Awan
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Sharmila Farooqi
Shayma Saiyid
Shireen Haroun
Sibtain Naqvi
Sono Khangharani
Sonya Batla
Stefano Pontecorvo
Steffen Kopetzky
Stuart Schaar
Suleman Aqeel Khilji
Sumbul Khan
Syed Jaffar Ahmed
Syed Nomanul Haq
Syed Nusrat Ali
Syed Salim Raza
Syed Turab Hussain
Tahera Hasan
Tahira Syed
Taimur Khan Mumtaz
Talat Hashimi
Talea Zafar
Talha Mufti
Talib Syed Karim
Tanveer Ahmed
Tanveer Anjum
Tapu Javeri
Tauqeer Muhajir
Tehmina Ahmed
Tipu Sharif
Uzma Aslam Khan
Vaqar Ahmed
Vidya Shah
Wajahat Husain
Wajahat Masood
Wasif Rizvi
Wusatullah Khan
Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Yasmeen Lari
Zaheda Hina
Zarmeene Shah
Zeeshan Muhammed
Zehra Nigah
Ziauddin Sardar
Zoe Viccaji
Zohaib Kazi
Zubair Ahmed
Zubeida Mustafa
Zulfiqar Adil
Inauguration of the
7th Karachi Literature Festival/Jashn-e-Adab
10.00 a.m. Friday 5 February 2016
Main Garden, Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi
10.00 a.m.
Arrival of Guests
Performance by Asif Sinan
10.30 a.m.
Welcome Speeches by:
Ameena Saiyid obe, Managing Director, Oxford University Press,
and Founder/Director, Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals,
and Co-Founder, Children’s Literature Festival
Asif Farrukhi, Founder, Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals
Speeches by Festival Sponsors
11.16 a.m.
Performance by Chao’s Dance and Theatre
Performance by Amna Mawaz Khan
11.35 a.m.
Awards of the KLF Best Fiction, Non-Fiction, and
Urdu Fiction/Non-Fiction Books
12.05 p.m.
Keynote Speeches by:
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Fahmida Riaz
1.00 p.m.
Break
Full-Day Fringe Events throughout the Festival:
• Author Signings
• Book Fair
• Food Court
• Media Rooms
Friday, 5 February 2016
Main Garden
2.30 p.m.–3.30 p.m.
The Dilemmas of the Transgender
Arfa Sayeda Zehra in conversation
with Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, author
of Me Laxmi, Me Hijra
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Education and Reading:
Community and Parental
Involvement
Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, Fazlullah
Pechuho, Baela Raza Jamil,
Ameena Saiyid, Barbara Toye-Welsh,
and Shahnaz Wazir Ali
Moderator: Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman
Chap Tilak:
Amir Khusro’s Harvest of
Folk Songs
Saif Mahmood, Talat Hashimi,
Zaheda Hina, Zehra Nigah, and
Taimur Khan Mumtaz
Moderator: Kausar S. Khan
Book Launch:
In Another Country
by Rafique Kathwari
Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
Book Launch:
Leaves from Lahore
by Mehr Tarar
Moderator: Syed Nusrat Ali
Tulip/Red Terrace
Making an Artist
Nurayah Sheikh Nabi,
Zarmeene Shah, and
Mahreen Zuberi
Moderator: Saira Sheikh
3.45 p.m.–4.45 p.m.
No Borders between Performers
Sarmad Khoosat in conversation with
Nandita Das
Book Launch:
Cinema and Society: Film and Social
Change in Pakistan by Ali Khan and
Ali Nobil Ahmad
Ali Khan, Ali Nobil Ahmad,
and Hasan Zaidi
Moderator: Asif Noorani
Book Launch:
Intikhab-e-Kalam: Munir Niazi
and the Urdu Virsa series
Fahmida Riaz, Asghar Nadeem
Syed, and Fatema Hassan
Moderator: Mujahid Barelvi
How Publishers Bring out the
Best
Andrea Berrini, Ameena Saiyid,
Afzaal Ahmad, and Ashok Chopra
Moderator: Hoori Noorani
The Art of Writing
Amra Ali, Marjorie Husain,
H.M. Naqvi, Quddus Mirza, and
Tauqeer Muhajir
Moderator: Maliha Noorani
5.00 p.m.–6.00 p.m.
Abhi to Main Jawan Hoon:
A Tribute to Malika Pukhraj
Tahira Syed and Arshad Mahmud
Moderator: Ayla Raza
Jilawatan sey Jungle tak:
Short Stories and TV Dramas
Asif Farrukhi in conversation with
Noor ul Huda Shah
Book Launch:
Cover Point: Impressions of
Leadership in Pakistan
by Jamsheed Marker
Jamsheed Marker and
Ishrat Hussain
Moderator: Aneesuddin Ahmed
Fiction, Memory, and
Colonialism
H.M. Naqvi, Sadia Shepard,
Kamila Shamsie, and
Christoph Peters
Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Arte d’Italia
Quddus Mirza in conversation
with Sabiana Paoli
6.15 p.m.–7.15 p.m.
Desi Stand-up Comedy
Sanjay Rajoura
Book Launch:
Train to Pakistan by
Khushwant Singh
Barbara D. Metcalf, Alok Bhalla,
Maniza Naqvi, and Naz Ikramullah
Moderator: Babar Ayaz
Abad Kharaba
Harris Khalique and Asghar
Nadeem Syed in conversation
with Kishwar Naheed
Italy Reads Pakistan:
Award by Metropoli d’Asia and
Consulate of Italy in Karachi
Stefano Pontecorvo,
Andrea Berrini, and H.M. Naqvi
Moderator: Bina Shah
Art as Part of Public
Engagement:
Lahore Biennale Foundation
Naima Dadabhoy, Fawzia Naqvi,
Qudsia Rahim, Roohi Ahmed, and
Osman Khalid Waheed
Moderator: Amra Ali
7.30 p.m.–9.30 p.m.
Musical Evening by Vidya Shah and
Zoe Viccaji
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Tulip/Red Terrace
10.00 a.m.–11.00 a.m.
Rumi: Mystic and Poet
Fahmida Riaz, Amar Sindhu, and
Bari Mian
Moderator: Syed Nomanul Haq
Book Launch:
Globalisation, Governance and
Growth by Ishrat Husain
Syed Salim Raza and Ishrat Husain
Moderator: Vaqar Ahmed
Column say Urdu
Bloggers tak
Wusatullah Khan,
Asghar Nadeem Syed,
Masood Ashar, Zaheda
Hina, Amar Jaleel, and
Mubashir Ali Zaidi
Moderator:
Wajahat Masood
Book Launch:
Borderlines by
Sehba Sarwar
Sehba Sarwar,
Tehmina Ahmed, and
Naila Mahmood
Moderator:
Ghazi Salahuddin
Using Technology
to Deliver Quality
Education
Kasim Kasuri and
Talea Zafar
Moderator: Rabia Garib
Poetry in Art, Art in
Poetry
Kiran Aman, Sonya
Batla, Asif Noorani, and
Bina Sarkar
Moderator:
Faraz Maqsood Hamidi
11.15 a.m.–12.15 p.m.
Samjhotay ki Chadar
Rakhshanda Jalil in conversation with
Zehra Nigah
Book Launch:
This Unquiet Land by Barkha Dutt
Ghazi Salahuddin in conversation with
Barkha Dutt
Writing History
Nauman Naqvi in
conversation with
Barbara D. Metcalf
Tharparkar:
Desert Woes
Sono Khangharani,
Tanveer Ahmed, and
Masood Lohar
Moderator:
Sadiqa Salahuddin
Fostering Innovation
and Creativity
through Protection of
Intellectual Property
Amar Naseer,
Ameena Saiyid, and
Babar Ayaz
Moderator:
Syed Nusrat Ali
Photography in the
Age of Art
Rafeeq Ellias,
Amean J., Tapu Javeri,
Arif Mahmood, and
Emaan Rana
Moderator:
Tehmina Ahmed
12.30 p.m.–1.30 p.m.
From Life to Reel
Nandita Das, Asif Noorani, Anupam
Kher, Shahid Nadeem, and
Nimra Bucha
Moderator: Hasan Zaidi
Transgender Rights: Are there Any?
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi,
Khawar Mumtaz, Bindiya Rana, and
Reema Abbasi
Moderator: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Agay Samandar Hay
In conversation with
Intizar Husain
Rakhshanda Jalil,
Alok Bhalla, and
Masood Ashar
Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Announcement of the
KLF Peace Prize Winner
Our History, Our
Heritage, Our
Responsibility
Asma Ibrahim and
Yasmeen Lari
1.45 p.m.–2.45 p.m.
Safar aur Kahani
Asghar Nadeem Syed
in conversation with
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Mother Tongue: Medium of
Instruction and Learning
Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq,
Farzana, Zubeida Mustafa, and
Barbara Toye-Welsh
Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil
Laughter, the Best
Medicine
Saad Haroon and
Sanjay Rajoura
Moderator:
Nadeem F. Paracha
Diversity and Dissent
Hafeez Jamali in
conversation with
Ziauddin Sardar
Nayee Awazain (New
Voices in Urdu Writing)
Ali Akbar Natiq, Mustafa
Arbab, and Inaam
Nadeem
Moderator:
Tanveer Anjum
Sibtain Manzil:
A Conversation
between Three
Generations
Syed Sultan Ahmed
Naqvi and Sibtain Naqvi
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Tulip/Red Terrace
3.00 p.m.–4.00 p.m.
Pakistani Cinema Strikes Back
Nimra Bucha, Sania Saeed,
and Tipu Sharif
Moderator: Shanaz Ramzi
Words and Images of the Day
Olivier Truc, Barkha Dutt, Farhan
Bokhari, and Fasih Ahmed
Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Sarkari Urdu, Awami Urdu: The
Official Status of Urdu
Arfa Sayeda Zehra,
Masood Ashar, and
Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Moderator: Fatema Hassan
Book Launch:
Eqbal Ahmad: Critical Outsider
and Witness in a Turbulent Age
by Stuart Schaar
Stuart Schaar and Pervez
Hoodbhoy
Moderator: Nauman Naqvi
Locating Art
Saba Khan, Quddus Mirza,
Seema Nusrat, Adeela Suleman,
Zeeshan Muhammed, and
Suleman Aqeel Khilji
Moderator: Sumbul Khan
4.15 p.m.–5.15 p.m.
The Oscar Lady
Omayr Aziz Saiyid in conversation with
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
including clips of her films
Of Love in a Place of War
Mohammed Hanif in conversation with
Mirza Waheed
Book Launch:
The Resourceful Fakirs by
F. S. Aijazuddin
Syed Jaffar Ahmed in
conversation with
F.S. Aijazuddin
What’s Liberal about the Liberal
Arts
Aaron Mulvany, Barbara D.
Metcalf, and Aliya Iqbal Naqvi
Moderator: Framji Minwalla
Different Strokes
Brigitta Blaha, Mansoora Hassan,
and Naz Ikramullah
Moderator: Sameera Raja
Busting Myths:
What is Versus What We are Told
Pervez Hoodbhoy and
Nadeem F. Paracha
Moderator: Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Ismail ka Urdu Sheher
Sara Haider, Saad Irfan, Zohaib
Kazi, Kamal Khan, Anas Riasat,
Omran Shafique, and Zoe Viccaji
Moderator: Ali Safina
Book Launch:
The Other Side of the Mountain
by Salman Khurshid
Ghazi Salahuddin in conversation
with Salman Khurshid
5.30 p.m.–6.30 p.m.
Aik Sham Anwar Masood kay Naam
6.45 p.m.–8.45 p.m.
6.45 p.m.–9.15 p.m.
Manto, the Movie:
Screening followed by Q&A
Sarmad Khoosat, Nimra Bucha,
Sania Saeed, Talha Mufti, and
Shahid Nadeem
Book Launch:
Risk by Steffen Kopetzky
Mohammed Hanif
in conversation with
Steffen Kopetzky
Mushaira:
Anwar Shaoor, Kishwar Naheed,
Sahar Ansari, Imdad Hussaini, Pirzada
Qasim, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Sabir Zafar,
Sahar Imdad Hussaini, Fatema Hassan,
Shahida Hassan, Khwaja Razi Haider,
Tanveer Anjum, Attiya Dawood, Ajmal
Siraj, Harris Khalique, Aqeel Abbas
Jafri, Inaam Nadeem, Kashif Hussain
Ghayar, Zulfiqar Adil, and
Salman Sarwat
Nizamat: Ambareen Haseeb Amber
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Main Garden
Jasmine
Aquarius
Room 007
Tulip/Red Terrace
10.00 a.m.–11.00 a.m.
Kashmir: The Never-ending Conflict
Mirza Waheed, Barkha Dutt,
Jean-Luc Racine, and Rafique Kathwari
Moderator: Farhan Bokhari
Towards a Better Pakistan—
Screenings of Short Films followed
by Award Ceremony
Moderator: Pervez Hoodbhoy
Facing Wrongs and Seeking
Rights:
The Female Perspective
Ruchira Gupta, Fouzia Saeed, and
Feryal Ali-Gauhar,
Moderator:
Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman
Pakistan: Modernity and
Postcoloniality
Nauman Naqvi and
Shahram Azhar
Moderator: Hafeez Jamali
Documentaries Workshop
Rafeeq Ellias
11.15 a.m.–12.15 p.m.
Love, Longing, and Exile
Shah Muhammad Pirzada in
conversation with Amar Jaleel
South Asian English Fiction:
Where Mythology and History Meet
Uzma Aslam Khan, Kamila Shamsie,
Bina Shah, and Mirza Waheed
Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie
Emigres and Exile:
A Tribute to Abdullah Hussain
H. M. Naqvi, Masood Ashar,
Irfan Javed, Afzaal Ahmad, and
Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Chair: Intizar Husain
Moderator: Asif Farrukhi
Book Launch:
Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadeed
by Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Aqeel Abbas Jafri in conversation
with Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Art as Witness to Memory and
Erasure:
Karachi Biennale 2017
Camilla Hadi Chaudhary,
Niilofur Farrukh, and
Asma Ibrahim
Moderator: Aquila Ismail
Book Launch:
A Princely Affair: Accession and
Integration of the Princely States
of Pakistan, 1947–1955
by Yaqoob Khan Bangash
Yaqoob Khan Bangash and
Barbara D. Metcalf
Moderator: Hafeez Jamali
12.30 p.m.–1.30 p.m.
UBL Literary Excellence Awards
Intizar Husain, Asghar Nadeem Syed,
Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Anwaar Ahmad,
Kishwar Naheed, Ghazi Salahuddin,
Asif Farrukhi, Framji Minwalla, and
Wajahat Husain
Moderator: Ali Habib
The White Stripe on the
National Flag
Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman, Olivier Truc,
Reema Abbasi, Sono Khangharani, and
John O’Brien
Moderator: Nazish Brohi
Stories from the Heart,
Reflections of Young Leaders
Book Launch:
Candles in the Dark: Successful
Organizations in Pakistan’s Weak
Institutional Environment
by Mahmood Ayub and
Turab Hussain
Javaid Ahmed, Shahnaz Wazir Ali,
Mahmood Ayub, and Syed Turab
Hussain
Moderator: Sibtain Naqvi
Chughtai Revisited
Inam Khawaja in conversation
with Quddus Mirza
1.45 p.m.–2.45 p.m.
Book Launch by Lifebuoy:
28 Days
Tapu Javeri, Arif Mahmood,
Malika Abbas, Tahera Hasan,
Sadiah Pal, and Shakil Rizvi
Moderator: Sanam Saeed
Aid, Trade, and Inter-State Relations
Syed Salim Raza, Najmuddin Shaikh,
and Masuma Hasan
Moderator: Vaqar Ahmed
Book Launch:
Kab Mehkey gi Fassal e Gul by
Anis Haroon
Anis Haroon, Amar Sindhu, Syed
Jaffar Ahmed, and Azra Abbas
Moderator: Mahtab Akbar Rashdi
Poets’ Corner:
English Mushaira
Shireen Haroun, Moeen Faruqi,
Farida Faizullah, Rafique
Kathwari, Harris Khalique, and
Bilal Hamid
Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
Beyond Borders
Haajra Haider, Deborah Robinson,
and Fazal Rizvi
Moderator: Aziz Sohail
Book Launch:
The Editorials of Anwer Pirzado
(Musharaf Era) by Anwer Pirzado
Aijaz Mangi and Mahtab Akbar
Rashdi
Moderator: Amar Pirzada
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Main Garden
Jasmine
3.00 p.m.–4.00 p.m.
Book Launch:
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An
Insider’s Account of Pakistan’s
Foreign Relations Including Details of
the Kashmir Framework by Khurshid
Mahmud Kasuri
Barkha Dutt, Khurshid Mahmud
Kasuri, Ishrat Husain, and
Najmuddin Shaikh
Moderator: F.S. Aijazuddin
River of Flesh and Other Stories: The
Prostituted Woman in Indian Short
Fiction and As if Women Matter: The
Essential Gloria Steinem Reader
Shayma Saiyid in conversation with
the anthologies’ editor, Ruchira Gupta
4.15 p.m.–5.15 p.m.
Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai
Ashok Chopra in conversation with
Anupam Kher
5.30 p.m.–6.30 p.m.
What Keeps Us Apart?:
India–Pakistan Relations
Salman Khurshid, Jamsheed Marker,
Hina Rabbani Khar, and
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Moderator: F.S. Aijazuddin
6.45 p.m.–7.45 p.m.
Closing Ceremony:
Speeches by Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi
Keynote Speeches by:
Ziauddin Sardar and
Rakhshanda Jalil
8.00 p.m.–9.00 p.m.
Stand-up Comedy by Saad Haroon
Aquarius
Room 007
Princess
Tulip/Red Terrace
Idhar Urdu, Udhar
Urdu, Kidher Urdu?:
Urdu in India and
Pakistan
Saif Mahmood and
Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Moderator: Bari Mian
Book Launch:
Water in the Wilderness
by Mehjabeen
Abidi-Habib, Rina
Saeed Khan, and
Richard Garstang
Aaron Mulvany,
Mehjabeen Abidi-Habib,
and Rina Saeed Khan
Moderators:
Sono Khanghrani and
Masood Lohar
Screening of
Documentary Film
‘Mast Qalandar’,
directed by Till Passow,
followed by Q&A
The Art of Now
Fawzia Naqvi in
conversation with
Aisha Khalid and
Imran Qureshi
Omayr Aziz Saiyid in conversation with
Hina Rabbani Khar
Compressed Tales:
Urdu Digests and
Digest Writers
Shakeel Adilzada,
Neelofar Abbasi,
Haseena Moin,
Haseeb Asif, Olivier Truc,
Noor ul Huda Shah, and
Mubashir Ali Zaidi
Moderator: Zaheda Hina
Revisiting the
Iqbal–Dante Question
Andrea Berrini and
Syed Nomanul Haq
Moderator:
Afzal Ahmed Syed
Islamic Science:
The Chimera that
Never Was
Ziauddin Sardar,
Sadia Mahmood,
Ali Usman Qasmi, and
Rina Saeed Khan
Moderator:
Ehsan Masood
Art and Alternate
Spaces
Ejaz Ahed, Zubair
Ahmed, Riffat Alvi,
Musharaf Hai, and
Sharmila Farooqi
Moderator:
Fawzia Naqvi
Higher Learning or the Wholesaling
of Degrees?
Wasif Rizvi, Ishrat Husain, Talib Syed
Karim, and Shahnaz Wazir Ali
Moderator: Mehtab S. Karim
Book Launch:
Kaghazi hay Pairahan
by Ismat Chughtai
translated by Noor
Zaheer
Khawar Mumtaz,
Rakhshanda Jalil, Noor
Zaheer, and
Saif Mahmood
Moderator:
Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Words and Music on
the Page: 100 Years
of Musical Literature
Publishing
Arshad Mahmud,
Muhammad Athar
Masood, Vidya Shah,
and Sharif Awan
Moderator:
Malahat Awan
Meeting Points,
Melting Pots
Frieha Altaf,
Sonya Batla,
Arshad Faruqi,
and Sadaf Malatere
Moderator:
Zarmeene Shah
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