November 8, 2024 2:39 pm 08 November 2024

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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Inauguration - Allama Iqbal Auditorium

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

Keynote Speakers: H.E. Jane Marriott CMG OBE, British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Zehra Nigah, Poet and scriptwriter, and Maleeha Lodhi, Former Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Jaag: A Celebration of Diversity: Performance by Samiya Mumtaz and Adnan Jahangir
4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
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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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Book Launch: Tarasheedum by Zehra Nigah

6.15 p.m. - 7.15 p.m.
Moderator : Inaam Nadeem
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Asr-e- Haazir Kay Pushto Adab Ka Manzarnama

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

Yaad-e-Raftagaan: 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

Iqbal Ka Paigham... Daur-e- Haazir Kay Naam

Fateh Muhammad Malik, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Najeeba Arif, Walid Iqbal
12.15 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
Moderator : Idrees Azad
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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: Tareekh ki Azeem Feminist Auratein (Hayaat, Nazriye aur Tehreekein) 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

Punjabi Mushaira

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: Saat Janam 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: Milte Hain August Main by Inaam Nadeem

Inaam Nadeem
2.45 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Moderator : Hameed Shahid
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Education Emergency: From Access to Quality

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

Human Security vs National Security: A Contradiction

Nasim Zehra, Salma Malik, Athar Abbas, Asma Shirazi
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Meray Jinn Nikal Gayay 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.
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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

Mushaira

6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
Sadarat: Zehra Nigah Nizamat: Mehboob Zafar 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

Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Kahani Aik Nazm ki 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
Moderator : Rashid Saleem
  • Allama Iqbal Auditorium
  • Fahmida Riaz Hall
  • Saadat Hasan Manto Hall
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Freedom of Social Media: Does it justify Censorship?

Farnood Alam, Husnain Jamal, Munizae Jahangir
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
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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

Freedom of Social Media: Does it justify Censorship?

Umber Khairi
11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
Moderator : Aamir Ghauri
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Urdu Fiction: Mazahir o Mabahis 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

Ali Mohammad Randhawa, 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: Toronto, Dubai, aur Manchester by Shahid Siddiqui

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

Book Launch: The Shorter Poems 1993-2023 by Alamgir Hashmi

Alamgir Hashmi in conversation with Ilona Yusuf
12.45 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Book Launch: Paani Pay Likhi Kahani (Novel) 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: Ankh say Aasmaan Jata Hai 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 Daastan-e-Mazah

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

Hameed Akhtar kay Sau Saal

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

Innovating the Future: Insights from Digital Trailblazers

Nadeem Hussain, Monis Rahman, Umar Farooq, Saira Siddique
3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Moderator : Badar Khushnood
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Saat Janam by Shafqat Naghmi

Shafqat Naghmi in conversation with Hameed Shahid
3.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
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Saadat Hasan Manto Hall

Book Launch: Milte Hain August Main by Inaam Nadeem

Inaam Nadeem in conversation with Hameed Shahid
4.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

We the People: How Constitutional Amendments impact our Future?

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

Yesterday's Education System vs. Tomorrows Workforce

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

Who Owns the English Language: Contemporary Pakistani Anglophone Fiction

Awais Khan, Raazia Sajid, Umber Khairi, Sonia Irum
4.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
Moderator : Aroosa Kanwal
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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Season 2: Capital Talk

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, Harris Khalique, Wajahat Malik, Athar Tahir, Mehvash Amin, Wajahat Malik, Saad Ali, Zain Ul Abidin Khan Alizai
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Moderator : Ilona Yusuf
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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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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Closing Ceremony

Remarks by: Iftikhar Arif, Muneeza Shamsie and Najeeba Arif
7.15 p.m. - -

Speeches by the Sponsors: Mohammad Mikail Soomro, 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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Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Sufi Night by Akbar Ali Khan

Sponsored by Tehzeeb Foundation
8.15 p.m. - -

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