Contemporary poets term sufi message timeless

ISLAMABAD, April 30: At the first day of the Islamabad Literature Festival, English literature by Pakistani writers figured prominently. There were two sessions, on either side of Ahmed Rashid's lively noen-fiction session. And it was revealed that ...

ISLAMABAD: Some might regard Urdu as a language unique from Hindi, but, as implied by noted linguist and academic Tariq Rehman, those people have little ground to stand on. Rehman was speaking about his new book From Hindi to Urdu: A Social ...

ISLAMABAD: More often than not the books to appear at local bookstores happen to be prose. Rarely does one come across anthologies of poetry. Still rare are those by Pakistani English poets. There seems to be a disconnect between the poets and the ...

TEHRAN -- Pakistan's award-winning poet, academic and littérateur, Iftikhar Hussain Arif, has been appointed the president of the ECO Cultural Institute (ECI). ECI is the cultural wing of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which is an ...

NEW DELHI: A protester shouting, "Go back", to the Pakistani poets, union minister Kapil Sibal reading out a poem inspired by the Nirbhaya case from his tablet, renowned shayar Wasim Barelvi reciting some excellent couplets, and Justice Markandey ...

Among others, Prof Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, Mansoor Usmani, Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Nusrat Mehdi, Popular Meeruthi, Alok Srivastava and Aqeel Nomani from India will be sharing the stage with Fahmida Riaz, Kishwar Naheed and Harris Khalique from ...

ISLAMABAD: People from different segments of society on Tuesday decried the vague interpretation of Article 62 (e) of the Constitution by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), terming it an obstacle in the path towards free and fair elections ...

Heartbreak, not for the first time, had followed seduction (Kim Jong-Il, mind, ended up dead, having first starved millions of his people. So perhaps I got off easy). Later, I received a mail from Vishwanath, declining to meet. I wish you had ...

ISLAMABAD: Civil society and intellectuals paid tribute to the commendable services of the slain social worker and Orangi Town Pilot Project Director Perween Rahman at a condolence reference here on Thursday. They condemned the brutal attack, ...