10th Islamabad Literature Festival 2024

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10th Islamabad Literature Festival

About Islamabad Literature Festival

The Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF) was launched in April 2013 and has been a resounding success right from the start. Inspired by the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) was launched at the end of 2011.

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Speakers

Anwar Masood is a Pakistani poet and educationist celebrated for his humorous poetry. While his repertoire encompasses various genres, he is proficient in writing in Punjabi, Urdu, and…
Anwar Masood

Anwar Masood

Asma Shirazi is a distinguished Pakistani journalist, senior anchor-person, and political commentator. She holds a postgraduate degree in Political Science from the University of the Punjab. Shirazi began…
Asma Shirazi

Asma Shirazi

Hamid Mir is a journalist and author with a substantial body of work. Throughout his career, Mir has reported on conflicts in several regions, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria,…
Hamid Mir

Hamid Mir

Iftikhar Arif is a prominent Urdu poet, scholar, and literary personality. Several collections of his poetry have been published, including the English rendition Written in the Season of…
Iftikhar Arif

Iftikhar Arif

Kishwar Naheed is one of Pakistan's most renowned feminist poets. Her first collection of poems, 'Lab-i-Goya' (1968), earned her the prestigious Adamjee Prize for Literature. She is the…
Kishwar Naheed

Kishwar Naheed

Maleeha Lodhi has served as Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, the first woman to represent Pakistan at the UN. She twice…
Maleeha Lodhi

Maleeha Lodhi

Saba Hameed is a distinguished Pakistani actress and director. She began her four-decade-long career in 1978 on television and also worked in theatre from the mid-1980s to the…
Saba Hameed

Saba Hameed

Zehra Nigah is one of the foremost Urdu poets of Pakistan. She was one of two female poets to gain prominence in the 1950s. She was born on…
Zehra Nigah

Zehra Nigah

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10th ILF Programme

  • Day 1

    Nov 8, 2024

  • Day 2

    Nov 9, 2024

  • Day 3

    Nov 10, 2024

  • Allama Iqbal Auditorium
  • Fahmida Riaz Hall
  • Saadat Hasan Manto Hall
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Inauguration - Arrival of Guests

4.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
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Welcome Speech by the Festival Organizer: Arshad Saeed Husain

Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan
4.30 p.m. - -
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KEYNOTE SPEECH by H.E. Jane Marriott cmg obe

British High Commissioner to Pakistan
4.45 p.m. - -
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REMARKS by Natalie Baker

Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy, Islamabad
5.00 p.m. - -
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KEYNOTE SPEECHES by Zehra Nigah

Poet and scriptwriter
5.15 p.m. - -
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Maleeha Lodhi

Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
5.30 p.m. - -
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PERFORMANCE - جاگ - A Celebration of Diversity

Samiya Mumtaz and Adnan Jahangir
5.45 p.m. - -
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Economic Stabilization and the Journey to Growth

Muhammad Aurangzeb in conversation with Vaqar Ahmed
6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

زندگی ، شاعری ، زندگی

Zehra Nigah in conversation with Inaam Nadeem
6.15 p.m. - 7.15 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

عصر حاضر کے پشتو ادب کا منظر نامہ

Wiqar Ali Shah, Shahida Shah, Iqbal Hussain Afkar
6.15 p.m. - 7.15 p.m.
Moderator : Afrasiab Khattak
  • Allama Iqbal Auditorium
  • Fahmida Riaz Hall
  • Saadat Hasan Manto Hall
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

یاد رفتگان : Rahat Saeed, Aftab Iqbal Shamim aur Tauseef Tabassum

Iftkhar Arif, Shahid Masud, Farrukh Yar, Naheed Qamar, Hameed Shahid
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Moderator : Ravish Nadim
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Pakistan-Bangladesh Relations: A New Perspective

Ikram Sehgal and Mushahid Hussain Syed
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Moderator : Salma Malik
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Unlocking Worlds: The Magic of Translation

Alamgir Hashmi, Safeer Awan, Yasmeen Hameed, Inaam Nadeem
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Moderator : Bibi Ameena
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

اقبال کا پیغام - دور حاضر کے نام

Fateh Muhammad Malik, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Najeeba Arif, Walid Iqbal
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Sultan Nasir
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Book Launch: Another Story of the Bad Woman by Kishwar Naheed

Kathy Gannon, Nadia Tahir, Arshad Waheed, Safeer Awan, Ilona Yusuf, and Kishwar Naheed
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Asma Mansoor
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

The Issue of Rights: Empowering Citizens

Peter Jacob, Farhatullah Babar, Pritam Das Rathi, Romana Bashir
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Book Launch: تاریخ کی عظیم فیمنسٹ عورتیں (حیات ، نظریے اور تحریکیں) - by Naeem Mirza

Kishwar Naheed and Naeem Mirza
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Moderator : Sameena Nazir
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Book Launch: In the Shadows of Love by Awais Khan

Awais Khan in conversation with Shaza Khan
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: What More Could She Possibly Want? by Ayesha Husain

Ayesha Husain in conversation with Sonia Irum
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

پنجابی مشاعرہ

Sadarat: Anwar Masood, Nizamat: Aisha Masood, Ehsan Akbar, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Anjum Saleemi, Rana Saeed Doshi, Nida Maher, Riffat Waheed, Hassan Abbas Raza
2.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Shaping Pakistan’s Climate Future

Aisha Khan, Abid Suleyri, Rina Saeed Khan, Ali Tauqueer Sheikh
2.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Moderator : Maha Husain
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: سات جنم - by Shafqat Naghmi

Arshad Mahmood Nashad, Asghar Nadeem Syed and Shafqat Naghmi
2.15 p.m. - 2.45 p.m.
Moderator : Hameed Shahid
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: ملتے ہیں اگست میں - by Inaam Nadeem

Inaam Nadeem in conversation with Hameed Shahid
2.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Education Emergency: From Access to Quality

Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, Rana Sikandar Hayat, Arshad Saeed Husain, Shahid Siddiqui
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Baela Raza Jamil
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Human Security vs National Security Navigating the Tensions

Nasim Zehra, Salma Malik
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Vaqar Ahmed
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch مرے جن نکل گۓ - by Hamid Ateeq Sarwar

Sharif Awan, Hamid Ateeq Sarwar, Harris Khalique, Qurat ul Ain Haider
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Sultan Nasir
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Media Ethics in Pakistan: Navigating Truth and Responsibility

Hamid Mir, Nasim Zehra, Asma Shirazi, Kathy Gannon
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Mujahid Barelvi
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Pakistan: Search for Stability

Maleeha Lodhi, Zahid Hussain, Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Salma Malik
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Teaching and Teacher Education in Pakistan

4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Anjum Halai, Faisal Bari, Junaid Akhlaq
Moderator : Shahid Siddiqui
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Feature Film Screening: Umro Ayyar A New Beginning

6.00 p.m. - -
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

مشاعرہ

SADARAT: Zehra Nigah | NIZAMAT: Mehboob Zafar
6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed, Haleem Qureshi, Yasmeen Hameed, Naseer Ahmad Nasir, Tariq Naeem, Imdad Aakash, Akhtar Usman, Harris Khalique, Nasira Zuberi, Ahmad Hussain Mujahid, Nusrat Masood, Shakeel Jazib, Akhtar Raza Saleemi, Naheed Qamar, Fakhra Noreen, Saeed Shariq
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Bhadoon by Madiha Arsalan

6.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Ismaa Sa'adat and Madiha Arsalan
Moderator : Sara Ali
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: کہانی ایک نظم کی - by Safdar Rasheed

A captivating look into the story behind T.S. Eliot’s iconic poem, The Waste Land
6.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Safdar Rasheed in conversation with Rashid Saleem
  • Allama Iqbal Auditorium
  • Fahmida Riaz Hall
  • Saadat Hasan Manto Hall
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Social Media - Free Speech vs Censorship

Farnood Alam, Husnain Jamal, Munizae Jahangir
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Moderator : Khayyam Mushir
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Visual Journey: Documenting The National Art Gallery of Pakistan by Naeem Pasha

11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Moderator : Hammad Husain
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Akbar in Wonderland by Umber Khairi

Umber Khairi in conversation with Aamir Ghauri
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Urdu Fiction: مظاہرومباحث - by Najeeba Arif

Najeeba Arif in conversation with Abid Hussain Sial
11.30 a.m. - 12.00 noon
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

پاکستانی اردو ادب کے خد و خال

Zehra Nigah, Fateh Muhammad Malik, Iftikhar Arif, Najeeba Arif, Abid Hussain Sial
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Shakeel Jazib
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Urban Dialogues: Decoding Islamabad's Dynamics

Naeem Pasha, Fauzia Asad Khan, Sikander Ajam Khan, Hammad Husain
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Hamid M. Husain
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: ٹو رنٹو ، دبئی اور مانچسٹر - by Shahid Siddiqui

Asghar Nadeem Syed and Shahid Siddiqui
12.15 p.m. - 12.45 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Telling Twilight by M. Athar Tahir

Athar Tahir in conversation with Ammar Aziz
12.45 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Book Launch: پانی پہ لکھی کہانی (ناول) - by Muhammad Asim Butt

Muhammad Asim Butt in conversation with Qasim Yaqoob
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Book Launch: My Friend Mairaj: An Intimate Biography by Shamim Ahmad

Shamim Ahmad in conversation with Safiya Aftab
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: آنکھ سے آسمان جاتا ہے - by Tariq Naeem

Tariq Naeem in conversation with Mehboob Zafar
1.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Swaang Theatre presents داستان مزاح

Usama Ahmed, Ramil Aftab, Adil Yousuf, Zia Khan
2.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Fostering a Global Mindset: Co-Existence of Local and International Exam Boards

Ghulam Ali Mallah, Amanda Ingram, Andrew Coombe, Arshad Saeed Husain, Shahid Soroya
2.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Moderator : Faisal Bari
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Pakistani English Literature: Defining a Canon

Muneeza Shamsie, Harris Khalique, Ilona Yusuf
2.15 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Moderator : Aroosa Kanwal
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

حمید اختر کے سو سال

Iftikhar Arif, Saba Hamid, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Harris Khalique
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Shahzad Sharjeel
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

How Pakistan can capture its share of the $2 Trillion AI Market

Faisal Aftab, Owais Barlas
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Basit Riaz Shaikh
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Who Owns the English Language Contemporary Pakistani Anglophone Fiction

Awais Khan, Raazia Sajid, Umber Khairi, Sonia Irum
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Aroosa Kanwal
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

We the People and our Constitution

Hamid Khan, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Farhatullah Babar, Mujahid Barelv
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Talat Hussain
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Our Education System and the future workforce needs

A.H. Nayyar, Faisal Mushtaq, Shahid Siddiqui, Shoaiba Mansoor
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Faisal Bari

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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Beyond the Hype Content Creators Crafting Stories

Huzaifa Nizam (Huztory by Huzaifa), Noman Jaffar (Islamabadwala), Maryam Raja
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Sonia Irum
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Capital Talk: Season 2

Hamid Mir in conversation with Asma Shirazi
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
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Fahmida Riaz Hall

Book Launch: Poetry in English from Pakistan edited by Ilona Yusuf and Shafiq Naz

Naeem Pasha, Rayan Khan, Alamgir Hashmi, Waqas Naeem, Haseeb Sultan, Wajahat Malik, Athar Tahir, Mehvash Amin, Saad Ali, Zain Ul Abidin Khan Alizai, Sophia Bano
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Moderator : Ammar Aziz
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

پنڈی افسانے کا سکول

Hameed Shahid, Ravish Nadim, Nilofar Iqbal
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Moderator : Khaleeq ur Rehman
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Closing Ceremony

REMARKS BY - Muneeza Shamsie - Writer and critic, Najeeba Arif - Writer and poet
7.15 p.m. - -

REMARKS BY THE SPONSOR - Mohammad Mikail Soomro - Senior Manager Corporate Communications, Getz Pharma Pvt. Ltd. , -- VOTE OF THANKS BY THE FESTIVAL ORGANISER - Arshad Saeed Husain - Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan

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Sufi Night by Akbar Ali Khan

Sponsored by Tehzeeb Foundation
8.15 p.m. - -

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