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Friday, 15 February 2013
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
10.00 – 11.30 a.m. Inauguration Speeches by Festival Organizers and Representatives of Festival SponsorsKeynote Speakers: Nadeem AslamGulzarPerformance by Sheema Kermani
11.45 a.m. – 12.45 p.m. Readings and Conversation with GulzarChair: Zehra Nigah
Moderator: Asif Noorani
Book Launch: Half of Two Paisas: The Extraordinary Mission of Abdul Sattar Edhi and Bilquis EdhiAuthor Lorenza Raponi in Conversation with Tehmina DurraniChief Guests: Abdul Sattar Edhi and Bilquis Edhi
Cricket and Cricket WritingsSaad Shafqat, Osman Samiuddin, and Kamila ShamsieModerator: Murad Moosa Khan
Niklay Teri Talash Mein:Readings and Conversation with Mustansar Hussain TararModerator: Irfan Javed
Reality and Kitsch in Contemporary English Poetry
Salman Tarik Kureshi, Adrian Husain, and Bilal HamidModerator: Naz Ahsanuddin
Dosti Kitabon Sey: A Programme for Promoting Reading among Children by Khaled Anam
The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on Experience Varda Nisar, Oxford University Press Pakistan MuseumRegistration required
12.45 – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH AND PRAYER BREAK
2.30 – 3.30 p.m. In Conversation with Shobhaa DeModerator: Maniza Naqvi
Organizing Literature FestivalsAmeena Saiyid, Erica James, Adrienne Loftus Parkins, and Jon SlackModerator: Asif Farrukhi
Aaj ka GhalibShamim Hanfi, Wajid Jawad, and Iftikhar ArifModerators: Mahmood Jamal and Bari Mian
Pakistan–Russia Relations and Bilateral CooperationAndrey Demidov, Sergey Kamenev, and Ashraf Jehangir QaziModerator: Riaz Mohammad Khan
Book Launch: Hassan Dars jo RisaloMasood Lohar, Erum Mahboob, Mazhar Laghari, and Sardar ShahModerator: Mohammed Hanif
Writers’ Club: Creative Writing for Young WritersModerator: Aquila Ismail
Readings by: Fahmida RiazOur Shaikh Saadi by Fahmida Riaz
Tareekhi Kahanian by Muhammad Husain AzadModerator: Nusrat Jahan
Art Session for Children with Abdul Malik
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
Session 1 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
3.45 – 4.45 p.m. In Conversation with Nadeem AslamModerator: Kamila Shamsie
Presented by Tapal Danedar Teabags
Book Launch: Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani and Indian Scientists Speak Out Edited by Pervez HoodbhoyModerator: Raza RumiIntroduction: Ameena Saiyid and Britta Petersen
Whose Pakistan? Whose Picture?: Writing Pakistan in English TodayFaisal Nazir, Bina Shah, and Zahra SabriModerator: Madeline Clements
Cultural Enlightenment: Challenge and OpportunityMoonis Ahmar, Michael O’Dea, and Nomanul HaqModerator: Farhan Hanif Siddiqi
Book Launch: Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation Edited by Laurent GayerSyed Jaffar AhmedModerator: Irfan Husain
Writers’ Club continued
The Power of Illustration: An Interactive Session with Nigar Nazar
Guddu ki SochaenA Play by Tehrik-e- Niswan
Session 1 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. In Conversation with Tehmina Durrani Moderator: Ameena Saiyid
Readings: Rumi: A New Translation by Farrukh Dhondy
In Good Faith by Saba NaqviModerator: Peter Pannke
The Resonance of Pulp Fiction in the Popular Imagination Shakeel Adil Zada, Zaheda Hina, Amjad Islam Amjad, Shobhaa De, and GulzarModerator: Kamran Asdar Ali
Readings and Conversation with Amar JaleelModerator: Shah Muhammad Pirzada
Readings from German Literature Silke Scheuermann and Yassin MusharbashModerator: Ishrat Lindblad
Lady Changhez Khan and Pom Pom Darling: Dramatic Readings from Ismat Chughtai’s Ghoonghat and Quratulain Hyder’s Nazaara Darmiyaan Hai by Zambeel
Pappu ka Paneer A Play by Thespianz Theatre
Session 2 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
6.15 – 7.15 p.m. Dastangoi: MantoiyatDanish Husain and Darain ShahidiChair: Intizar Husain
6.15 – 8.15 p.m.
Postcolonial Minds: Askari and Ahmad AliMehr Afshan FarooqiModerator: Shamim Hanfi
Performing Poetry Lemn SissayModerator: Salman Tarik Kureishi
Readings from German Literaturecontinued
Writings from Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet Tenzing Sonam and WangmoModerator: Kanak Mani Dixit
Session 2 continues: The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
Friday, 15 February 2013
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
10.00 – 11.00 a.m. The Fall and the Rise of the Pakistani Cinema Meher Jaffri, Jawed Sheikh, and Nadeem MandviwallaModerator: Adnan Malik
Kufa mein Curfew: Readings from Intizar Husain’s FictionMehr Afshan Farooqi and Shamim HanfiModerator: Asif Farrukhi
Book Launch: Sindh: Stories from a Lost Homeland by Saaz AggarwalHamida KhuhroKarachi: Our Stories in Our Words Edited by Maniza NaqviBina ShahModerator: Durdana Soomro
In Her Own Write: Modern Women’s Writings in UrduReadings by Azra Abbas and Tanveer AnjumModerator: Kishwar Naheed
Political Parties and the 2013 Elections Farhan Hanif Siddiqi and Syed Jaffar AhmedModerator: Mohammad Waseem
Nasreen Iqbal on Compassion
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
Session 3 The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on Experience Varda NisarRegistration required
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. Narratives: The Impact of Political Received Wisdom Cameron MunterChair: Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
Theatrewalay Salim Arif, Khalid Ahmad, and Ashok BindalModerator: Vishal Bhardwaj
The Music Room: Indian Classical MusicS.M. Shahid, Ila Arun, and Arshad MahmudIntroduction: Peter Pannke
Urdu Novel: Kal, Aaj aur KalMustansar Hussain Tarar, Mirza Athar Baig, and Hasan ManzarChair: Intizar HusainModerator: Fatema Hassan
Book Launch: The Baloch Who is Not Missing and Others Who Are by Mohammed HanifFarzana Majeed and I. A. RehmanModerator: Mohammad Ali Talpur
Poetry BazaarAquila Ismail
Book Launch:A Children’s History of the Punjab by Hamida KhuhroZakia SarwarModerator: Shahla Naqvi
Pappu ka Paneer A Play by Thespianz Theatre
Session 3 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
12.30 – 1.30 p.m. Political Engagement in the Pakistani English Novel Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid, and Kamila ShamsieModerator: Muneeza Shamsie
Rights and Wrongs: Human Rights in Pakistan Ali Dayan Hasan, Hamid Khan, I.A. Rehman, and Asma JahangirModerator: Justice Nasira Iqbal
The State of Education in Pakistan Pervez Hoodbhoy, Shahid Kardar, Ishrat Husain, and Abbas RashidModerator: Baela Jamil
Kalaam e Shair ba Zubaan e Shair: Rendition of Urdu Poets by Nusrat AliModerator: Raheela Baqai
Book Launch:A Political History of Pakistan 1947–2002 by V. Y. Belokrenitsky
Humayun GauharModerator: Jehangir Ashraf Qazi
Poetry Bazaar continued
Let’s Write a Story: A Creative Writing Workshop by Zakia Sarwar and Mohsin Tejani
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
Session 3 continues: The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
2.45 – 3.45 p.m. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: In Conversation with Mohsin HamidModerator: H.M. Naqvi
Presented by Tapal Danedar Teabags
Social Satire: Laughing at OurselvesAli Gul Pir, Beo Zafar, and Bushra AnsariModerator: Nadeem Paracha
Pakistan’s New Political Economy Aasim Sajjad, Ali Cheema, and Faisal SiddiqiModerator: Akbar Zaidi
Readings and Conversation with Kishwar Naheed and Iftikhar ArifModerator: Raza Rumi
Readings: Kuraj by Silvia Di Natale
The Disappeared and My Favourite Things by Kim EchlinModerator: Durdana Soomro
Screening of Clips from the Documentaries:Poles Apart, Breaking the Silence, and Umeed (Hope) by Samar Minallah Khan
Important Turns in Pakistan’s History M. Reza Kazimi Chair: Nomanul Haq
The Children’s Hour: Story telling by Zara Mumtaz, Agahi Children’s Theatre, and Happy Home School
Session 4 The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on ExperienceVarda NisarRegistration required
4.00 – 5.00 p.m. Dateline Afghanistan Zahid Hussain, Riaz Mohammad Khan, Maleeha Lodhi, and Declan WalshModerator: Najam Sethi
Manto: Mera Dost
A Play by Tehrik-e-Niswan
The Other H.M. Naqvi, Nadeem Aslam, and Kamila ShamsieModerator: Marilyn Wyatt
On the Politics of Child Labour Baela Jamil, Samar Minallah Khan, and Taimur RahmanModerator: Karamat Ali
Book Launch: Faiz: 50 Poems by Mahmood JamalYusuf JamalPoetry of the Taliban by Alex Strick van LinschotenHumayun Gauhar Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Toffee TV Kahaani TimeKashu and the Magic Mirror by Umair NaeemLive Story Illustrations by Talea ZafarGroup Singsong by ToffeeTV.com
Book Launch:Edhi (graphic novel) Tehmina DurraniAkhtar Hameed Khan (graphic novel) Aquila IsmailModerators: Shahla Naqvi and Nusrat Jahan
Dosti Kitabon Sey: A Programme for Promoting Reading among Children by Khaled Anam
Session 4 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
5.15 – 6.15 p.m. In Conversation with Farrukh DhondyModerators: Richa Lakhera and Asif Noorani
Popular TV Drama: Main Hum kia Dekhtay Hain Haseena Moin, Noorul Huda Shah, Amjad Islam Amjad, and Qaisra ShahrazModerator: Khursheed Hyder
Does History Matter in Pakistan? Andrey Demidov, Hamida Khuhro, and A.G. NooraniModerator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed
Book Launch: Farnood by Jaun EliaShakeel Adilzada Jadeed Farsi Shaairi Translated by Noon Meem RashidIftikhar ArifModerator: Shahida Hassan
Fun with Words with Mohsin Tejani
Session 4 continues: The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
6.30 – 7.30 p.m. In Conversation with George Galloway MPModerator: Irfan Husain
Mushaira Punjabiyat Kishwar Desai, Nadeem Aslam, and Mohammed HanifModerator: Sarwat Mohiuddin
Readings: Garbage Beat by Richa Lakhera
The Holy Woman by Qaisra ShahrazModerator: Madeline Clements
Readings and Conversation with Steve InskeepModerator: Javed Jabbar
Press Conference with Shobhaa De
In Conversation with Kanak Mani Dixit, Editor and Publisher of HimalModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin
6.30 – 8.30 p.m. MushairaNizamat: Fatema Hassan
Gulzar, Anwar Shaoor, Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed, Fahmida Riaz, Imdad Hussaini, Sahar Imdad, Sahar Ansari, Amjad Islam Amjad, Khwaja Razi Haider, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Shahida Hassan, Sabir Waseem, Attiya Dawood, Shaukat Abid, Mohsin Shakeel, Anwar Masood, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, and Peerzada Salman
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
10.00 – 11.00 a.m. Dynastic Politics Victoria Schofield, Nasim Zehra, Najmuddin Shaikh, and Barkha DuttModerator: Najam Sethi
Secularism in PakistanHamid Khan, Javed Jabbar, Asma Jahangir, and Justice Nasira IqbalModerator: Irfan Husain
Emerging WritersSyed Kashif Raza, Shazaf Fatima Haider, and Masud Alam Moderator: Mohammed Hanif
Tareekh aur Hamaray Masail (History and Contemporary Issues) Mubarak Ali, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, and Sultan-i-RomeModerator: Kamran Asdar Ali
Book Launch:Critical Muslim Series The Arabs are Alive (Volume 1)Izzeldin AbuelaishThe Idea of Islam (Volume 2)Ishrat LindbladPakistan? (Volume 4) Bina ShahModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin
Dramatic Reading from Intizar Husain’s ‘Paani kay Qaidi’ by Tehrik-e-Niswan
Chief Guest: Intizar Husain
Reading: Cracking the Code for ChildrenMona Qaiser and Shahina Alvi
Sazish kee Wajah sey Khail Multavi
Written by Imran Aslam
A Play by Gripps Theatre
Session 5 The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on ExperienceVarda Nisar Oxford University Press Pakistan Museum Registration required
11.15 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. In Conversation with Najam SethiModerator: Muneeb Farooq
The Dynamics of Karachi Laurent Gayer, Steve Inskeep, Aquila Ismail, Bina Shah, and Arif HasanModerator: Kamran Asdar Ali
Urdu ka Sitam ya Urdu pe Sitam: A Talk by Arfa Sayeda ZehraModerator: Fatema Hassan
Dastan aur Ghazal: Readings from Classical Urdu LiteratureZehra Nigah and Intizar HusainModerator: Asif Farrukhi
Readings:Fatal Faultlines by Irfan HusainClifton Bridge by Irshad Abdul KadirModerator: Ishrat Lindblad
How Books are Published Ameena Saiyid, Fahmida Riaz, Angela Hasan, Shireen Syed, Shiraz Haider, and Raheela Baqai
Story Telling by Adeel Hashmi
Session 5 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
12.30 – 1.30 p.m. Kashmir Victoria Schofield, Najmuddin Shaikh, and Idrees LoneModerator: Nasim Zehra
Appreciating Urdu Poetry Bari Mian, Wajid Jawad, and Mahmood JamalModerator: Ghazi Salahuddin
In Conversation with Izzeldin AbuelaishModerator: Raza Rumi
Book Launch: Poora Manto Shamim HanfiModerator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra
Book Launch: Of Martyrs and Marigolds by Aquila IsmailZubeida Mustafa and Khalid AhmadModerator: Niilofur Farrukh
Storytelling for Children with Khursheed Hyder and Amra Alam
Puppet Show by Ritz Theatre
Session 5 continues: The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Main Garden Jasmine Aquarius Room 007 Society Suite Tulip Sunflower Lawn
2.30 – 3.30 p.m. Jugul Bandi Gulzar and Vishal BhardwajChair: Raza Rumi
Presented by Tapal Danedar Teabags
Indo–Pakistan Discourse: Dissent and Conformity A.G. Noorani, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, and Zafar HilalyModerator: Nasim Zehra
Glittering Prizes: Award-winning Fiction 2010–13A Talk and Slide Presentation by Muneeza ShamsieModerator: Razeshta Sethna
The Feminization of Poverty in South AsiaFahmida Riaz, Haris Gazdar, Urvashi Butalia, and Sadiqa SalahuddinModerator: Taimur Rahman
Book Launch: Indus Waters and Social Change: The Evolution and Transition of Agrarian Society in Pakistan by Saiyid Ali NaqviIjaz Nabi and Akbar Zaidi Moderator: Noman Ahmed
Map Reading Skills for Children with Asfiya Aziz
Pappu ka Paneer A Play by Thespianz Theatre
Session 6 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
3.45 – 4.45 p.m. Pakistan through Foreign Eyes Declan Walsh, Hasnain Kazim, Yassin Musharbash, Idrees Lone, George Galloway MP, and Barkha DuttModerator: Cyril Almeida
The Prospects of US–Pakistan Relations Maleeha Lodhi and Cameron MunterModerator: Omayr Saiyid
Publishing TranslationsFahmida Riaz, Lorenza Raponi, Silvia Di Natale, and Urvashi ButaliaModerator: Asif Farrukhi
Tanz o MizahAnwar Masood and Ata ul Haq QasmiModerator: Sarwat Mohiuddin
Readings:In the City of Gold and Silver by Kenize MouradModerator: Aliya Iqbal-NaqviAboard the Democracy Train by Nafisa Hoodbhoy Moderator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed
Press Conference with Izzeldin Abuelaish
Poetry Writing for Young Adults with Lemn Sissay
Dosti Kitabon Sey: A Programme for Promoting Reading among Children by Khaled Anam
Session 6 The Art of Book Making: A Hands-on ExperienceVarda Nisar Oxford University Press Pakistan Museum Registration required
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. Folk Music and Theatre Ila Arun and Sheema KermaniModerator: Naz Ikramullah
A Carrot is a Carrot: Selected Readings by Zia MohyeddinModerator: Asif Farrukhi
The Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab: In Conversation with Sarwat MohiuddinChair: Peter PannkeModerator: Zahra Sabri
Readings and Conversation with Amjad Islam AmjadModerator: Ahmed Shah
Udas Naslain (The Weary Generation): In Conversation with Abdullah HusainModerator: Irfan Javed
ToffeeTV Kahaani TimeUrdu Story enacted by Hira Ilyas Bawahab and Hamza LariGroup SingSong by ToffeeTV.com
Session 6 The Art of Book Making with Varda Nisar
6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Closing Ceremony: Keynote Speech by George Galloway MPAnnouncement of the Karachi Literature Festival–Coca Cola Best Non–fiction Book Prize 2013
Sunday, 17 February 2013
