8th Islamabad Literature Festival 2021

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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.

Speakers

8th ILF Programme

  • Day 1

    Oct 29, 2021

  • Day 2 CO-SPONSORED BY NBP FUNDS

    Oct 30, 2021

  • Day 3

    Oct 31, 2021

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Inauguration Session

Welcome by Arshad Saeed Husain, Managing Director, Oxford University Press, Pakistan; Speech by: Alia Zafar, Group Head People and Organizational Excellence, The Bank of Punjab; Remarks by: Raymond Castillo, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs, US Mission, Islamabad Mark Crossey, Deputy Country Director, British Council Pakistan; Keynote Speeches by: Hameed Shahid TI, Urdu Fiction Writer and Critic Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Former Ambassador at the UN and the US and UK
4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
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Parvarish e Loh o Qalam: Urdu Shairi ka Maujooda Manzarnama

Iftikhar Arif, Munir Fayyaz, Muhammad Izhar ul Haq, Yasmeen Hameed
5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Moderator : Najeeba Arif
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Afghanistan at the Crossroads

Anatol Lieven, Zahid Hussain, Ahmed Rashid
5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
Moderator : Huma Baqai
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A Personal Chronicle of Pakistan: Preserving History and Heritage

Ikram Sehgal and Owen Bennett-Jones
6.40 p.m. - 7.40 p.m.
Moderator : Moeed Pirzada
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Literature: Connecting across Frontiers

Frances Pritchett and Arfa Sayeda Zehra
7.50 p.m. - 8.20 p.m.
Moderator : Zahra Sabri
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Reimaging Pakistan with Education Reforms

Amjad Noorani and Tooba Akhtar
10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Moderator : Nadeem Hussain
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Potohar Mein Adab Ki Soorat e Haal

Akhtar Usman, Shoaib Khaliq, Akhtar Raza Saleemi
11.10 a.m. - 12.10 p.m.
Moderator : Ravish Nadim
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Book Launch: Journeys Without a Map: A Writer's Life by Marion Molteno

Marion Molteno and Firoze Manji
11.10 a.m. - 12.10 p.m.
Moderator : Saif Mahmood
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Book Discussion: Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices by Anita M. Weiss

Saba Gul Khattak, Anita Weiss, Khadim Hussain
12.20 p.m. - 1.20 p.m.
Moderator : Yaqoob Khan Bangash
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Book Launch: Surkh Salam (Urdu translation)

Anushay Malik and Kamran Asdar Ali
12.20 p.m. - 12.50 p.m.
Moderator : Ali Raza
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Book Launch: Dasht e Imkaan (Novel) by Asghar Nadeem Syed

Asghar Nadeem Syed in conversation with Nasir Abbas Nayyar
12.50 p.m. - 1.20 p.m.
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Kashmir: Politics and Power-Sharing

Sardar Masood Khan, Nasim Zehra, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, Mushaal Hussein Malick
1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Moderator : Mujahid Barelvi
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Humne Urdu Ke Bahaane Se Saleeqa Seekha

Arfa Sayeda Zehra in conversation with Saif Mahmood
1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
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Crises have no Borders

Ahmed Rashid, Athar Abbas, Hina Rabbani Khar
2.40 p.m. - 3.40 p.m.
Moderator : Amber Rahim Shamsi
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پاکستانی زبانوں میں افسانہ نگاری کی روایت

Julien Columeau, Mudassar Bashir, Sarwat Mohiuddin, Syed Majid Shah, Abdullah Jan Abid
2.40 p.m. - 3.40 p.m.
Moderator : Sheeraz Dasti
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Pakistan Here and Now: Insights into Society, Culture, Identity and Diaspora (Edited by Harris Khalique and Irfan Ahmed Khan)

Salman Asif and Fatimah Ihsan
3.50 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
Moderator : Khayyam Mushir
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Book Launch: Restless: Instead of an Autobiography by Aamer Hussein

Aamer Hussein in conversation with Safinah Danish Elahi and Shahbano Alvi
3.50 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
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Single National Curriculum: Floor or the Ceiling

Arshad Saeed Husain, A.H. Nayyar, Sohail Bin Aziz, Chaudhary Faisal Mushtaq, and Ayesha Razzaque
4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Moderator : Faisal Bari
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South Asia in Emerging Regional Politics

Michael Kugelman, Khalid Banuri, Salman Zaidi
5.40 p.m. - 6.40 p.m.
Moderator : Salma Malik
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Voices Echoing: English Language Verse

Wajahat Malik, Maham Khan, Salman T. Kureshi, Risham Amjad, Aurangzaib Khan, Mehvash Amin, Harris Khalique, Mavra Bari, Haseeb Sultan
5.40 p.m. - 6.40 p.m.
Moderator : Ilona Yusuf
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Remembering I.A. Rehman: A Powerful Voice

Harris Khalique, Zohra Yusuf, Raza Rumi, Muhammad Ziauddin, Kishwar Naheed
6.50 p.m. - 7.50 p.m.
Moderator : Munizae Jahangir
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The Power of Fiction: Tahmima Anam in conversation with Sabyn Javeri

Introduction by Michael Houlgate
6.50 p.m. - 7.50 p.m.
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مشاعرہ‎

Sadarat: Iftikhar Arif; Nizamat: Mehboob Zafar; Tauseef Tabassum, Kishwar Naheed, Ehsan Akbar, Jalil Aali, Yasmeen Hameed, Parveen Tahir, Najeeba Arif , Harris Khalique, Akhtar Usman, Farrukh Yar, Ravish Nadim, Akhtar Raza Saleemi, Shakeel Jazib
8.00 p.m. - -
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Cartooning: No Laughing Matter

Ricardo Martinez Ortega, Shaukat Mahmood, Mahnaz Yazdani
10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Moderator : Nigar Nazar
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Yaad e Raftagaan

Chair: Fateh Muhammad Malik; Asghar Nadeem Syed, Najeeba Arif, Harris Khalique, Hameed Shahid
11.10 a.m. - 12.10 p.m.
Moderator : Humaira Ishfaq
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Mapping Pakistani Anglophone Literary Landscape

Muneeza Shamsie, Taha Kehar, Munazza Yaqoob
11.10 a.m. - 12.10 p.m.
Moderator : Aroosa Kanwal
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Book Launch: Buri Aurat Ki Doosri Katha by Kishwar Naheed

Kishwar Naheed in conversation with Mujahid Barelvi
12.20 p.m. - 12.50 p.m.
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Book Launch: Dying to Serve, Militarism, Affect and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army by Maria Rashid

Maria Rashid in conversation with Nida Kirmani
12.20 p.m. - 12.50 p.m.
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Book Launch: Bacha Khan: My Life and Struggle translated from the original Pukhto by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada

Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada, Rafiullah Kakar, Xenia Rasul Khan
1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Moderator : Fasi Zaka
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Changing Landscapes: Climate Conversations in Literature and Society

Ahmad Rafay Alam, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Bilal Zahoor
1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Moderator : Zaighum Abbas

Sponsored by British Council

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Book Launch: Hairat ka Bagh by Hameed Shahid

Hameed Shahid in conversation with Najeeba Arif
2.10 p.m. - 2.40 p.m.
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Book Launch: Once Upon a Time in Murree by Omar Mukhtar Khan

Omar Mukhtar Khan in conversation with Fasi Zaka
2.40 p.m. - 3.10 p.m.
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Panama, Pandora and Pakistan: Offshore Companies Impact on Pakistan

Vaqar Ahmed, Ashfaq Yousuf Tola, Aliya Hashmi Khan
2.10 p.m. - 3.10 p.m.
Moderator : Rashid Masood Alam
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Digital Education: A New Normal

Introduction by Fathima Dada
3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
Talhah Munir Khan, Nusrat Baquee, Sarah Farooq
Moderator : Daniel Atif
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Book Launch: Womansplaining: Navigating Activism, Politics and Modernity in Pakistan Edited by Sherry Rahman

Sherry Rehman in conversation with Nayab Jan
3.20 p.m. - 3.50 p.m.
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Book Launch: Marginalisation, Contestation, and Change in South Asian Cities Edited by Nida Kirmani

Rohit Negi and Kabeer Dawani
3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.
Moderator : Nida Kirmani
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Pakistan: Current Challenges and Priorities

Owen Bennett-Jones and Maleeha Lodhi
4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.
Moderator : Arifa Noor
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We the People: What the Constitution says?

Raza Rabbani, Wasim Sajjad, Ahmer Bilal Soofi
5.40 p.m. - 6.40 p.m.
Moderator : Mujahid Barelvi
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Web Series: Future of Digital Entertainment

Beo Zafar, Mehreen Jabbar, Sania Saeed
5.40 p.m. - 6.40 p.m.
Moderator : Khaled Anam
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Closing Ceremony

Keynote speeches by Frances Pritchett, Najeeba Arif and Owen Bennett-Jones; Speech by Title Sponsor: Alia Zafar, Group Head People and Organizational Excellence, The Bank of Punjab; Vote of Thanks by the Festival Organizer: Arshad Saeed Husain, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan
6.50 p.m. - 7.50 p.m.

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