Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi organized Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar’s thought-provoking lecture titled “Absence of Urdu Novel ...

He told the audience it was in 1862 that the first Urdu novel Khat-i-Taqdeer by Maulvi Karimuddin was published (although some think it was Miratul Uroos). From that time onwards, 3,500 novels by ...

Deepa Bhasthi on translating Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp, which won the 2025 International Booker Prize ...

The book carries a thought-provoking foreword by Rao Manzar Hayat, an ex-bureaucrat and a leading Urdu columnist, who eulogises Faiq’s qualities of head and heart in no uncertain terms.

Dubbed 'Z literature', the action-packed novels are being branded the Kremlin's latest weapon in a growing propaganda war as they lure vulnerable young readers into enlistment and glorify death on ...

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, illustrates how Indian literature is translated today, and reflects a ...

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The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts has just announced its 2025/2026 season, the biggest in the Chan Centre ‘s 28-year ...

The film stories by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas exposed the fault lines of glamour, class and creative conscience in post-independence ...

The manga's story begins when Emi, an otome game lover, dies in a car accident and reincarnates into the body of Remilia, the villainess of one of the otome games she has played. As Emi is a fan ...

The new season comes with international programming and a new membership model prioritizing engagement ...

It is no longer just a space for physical rejuvenation, but a place where minds are being enriched, and hearts stirred, all through the power of Urdu literature. Sunday mornings witness a different ...