Join three contributors to the just-released anthology Modern Poetry of Pakistan for readings and a discussion of the variety and richness of contemporary Pakistani poetry at 7:00 pm on May 3, at the ...

Pakistan is often described as a poetic nation, and not without reason. Urdu poetry circulates with ease across class, region, and generation. Verses are memorised, quoted, sung, reposted, and ...

HOUSTON, May 3, 2011 — Poets Fahmida Riaz and Hasina Gul, joined by poet-translator Waqas Khwaja, introduced a major new anthology of contemporary Pakistani poetry at a reading hosted by Asia Society ...

In the garden city of Lahore, the modern spirit and ancient history of Pakistan come together. In February, activists, writers and artists converged on the city alongside star guest Orhan Pamuk to ...

With Faraz Maqsood Hamidi's Skin, contemporary Pakistani poetry in English steps up to its prose counterpart. The anthology of over 70 short poems — a collection of the poet's work over two decades — ...

Prominent Pakistani poet and TV playwright Amjad Islam Amjad will preside over the function to be held at 8pm at the Ibrahimi Palace Restaurant. The book contains a long poem devoted to the plight of ...

Syed Mussarat Khalil JEDDAH — Gulf Urdu Council (GUC), a newly formed common platform of various Indian and Pakistani poets, writers, intellectuals and literary figures living in the Gulf countries ...