Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the first and by far the foremost literature festival in the country, needs no introduction. It has become an integral part of the social and intellectual calendar of this city and, indeed, of the country.
15th KLF Speakers
15th KLF Programme
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Day 1
Feb 16, 2024
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Day 2
Feb 17, 2024
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Day 3
Feb 18, 2024
- Main Garden
- Jasmine
- Aquarius
- Room 007
Main Garden
Arrival of Guests
Main Garden
Welcome Speech by the Festival Organizer: Arshad Saeed Husain, Managing Director, OUP Pakistan
Remarks by the Guest of Honour Remarks by Sponsors: Ali Habib, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, HBL and Khalid Mahmood, Managing Director & CEO, Getz Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Keynote Speeches: Arif Hasan and Selma Dabbagh Book Awards: KLF-Getz Pharma English Fiction Prize Award KLF-Getz Pharma Urdu Poetry Award KLF-Getz Pharma Urdu Prose Award KLF-The Little Book Company Readers’ Choice Awards for Best Books in: Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, and Balochi Languages Performance by Nighat Choudhry on Faiz Ahmad Ahmad's Hum Dekhain Gay aur Bahaar Ayee
Main Garden
فیض کی محبت میں
Jasmine
How Agriculture can save Pakistan?
Aquarius
Film Screening with Q&A: Gandhi and Jinnah Return Home
Room 007
Book Launch: Timeless College Tales by Nadya Chishty Mujahid
Room 007
Book Launch: Foundations and Form: Memoirs of a Pakistani Architect by Mukhtar Husain
- Main Garden
- Jasmine
- Aquarius
- Room 007
- Tulip
Main Garden
Unraveling South Asia
Jasmine
میری دھرتی، میرے لوگ: احمد سلیم اور بابر ایاز کی یاد میں
Aquarius
نثری نظم کا ارتقاء
Room 007
پشتو ادب کا حالیہ منظر نامہ
Main Garden
Urdu Shairi Kay Darakshan Sitaray
Jasmine
Book Launch: Development Pathways: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (1947-2022) by Ishrat Husain
Aquarius
Sustainability in an Evolving New World Order
Room 007
Book Launch: جہاں آباد کی گلیاں
Room 007
Book Launch: Rolaak by Rafaqat Hayat
Tulip
کچھ شعر فقط ان کو سنانے کے لیے ہیں! بیت بازی
Main Garden
Book Discussion: قیدی by Omar Shahid Hamid
Jasmine
Book Launch: Suffocation translated by Asma Mansoor
Aquarius
خوشبو کی دیوار کے پیچھے by Hameed Shahid
Tulip
کلامِ شاعر بہ زبانِ شاعر
Main Garden
The Evolving Federation: Two Steps Forward One Step Back
Jasmine
افتخار عارف : یادیں اور باتیں
Aquarius
Vlogvolution: Content beyond Likes
Room 007
Book Launches: A Life Lived with Passion: Irfan Husain (1944-2020) Edited by Carmen Gonzalez and Abbas Nasir A Lifetime of Dissent: A Memoir by I. A. Rehman
Tulip
Passion or Profession
Main Garden
نور جہاں سُرور جہاں
Jasmine
Book Launch: Imran Khan: Myth of the Pakistani Middle-Class by Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Aquarius
The Last White Man
Room 007
Woven Words: Under the Tamarind Tree A Novel by Nigar Alam The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon by Safinah Danish Elahi No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar
Tulip
Theatrical Session by Atif Badar
Main Garden
الیکشن سے ذرا ہٹ کے
Jasmine
Getz Pharma EACPE Film Awards
Aquarius
Arab Identity in Contemporary Times
Room 007
Building Future Skills: The Co-Existence of Local and International Examination Boards
Main Garden
Reforming Pakistan: A New Social Contract
Jasmine
To Print or not to Print: Blended Digital Face of Learning
Aquarius
National Youth Poet Laureate Programme
Room 007
کچھ عمدہ کہانی کاروں کی یاد : Shaukat Siddiqui, Zamiruddin Ahmed, Ibn Saeed, Jamila Hashmi
Main Garden
Feature Film Screening: Moor (Mother)
Jasmine
مشاعرہ
Kishwar Naheed, Ashfaq Hussain, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Tanweer Anjum, Aqeel Abbas Jaffri, Harris Khalique, Fazil Jamili, Ambareen Haseeb Ambar, Salman Sarwat, Waheed Noor, Imran Saqib
Aquarius
Historical Fiction: Capturing the Atmosphere
Room 007
Reimagining the Ustad-Shagird Tradition in Today's Music and Culture
- Main Garden
- Jasmine
- Aquarius
- Room 007
- Tulip
Main Garden
In Pursuit of an Ethical State
Jasmine
Coming of Age: Pakistani English Language Literature
Aquarius
Book Launch: A History of the Baloch and Balochistan by Mir Naseer Khan Ahmedzai Kambarani Baloch
Room 007
پاکستان، تعلیم اور اکیسویں صدی
Main Garden
Urban Dialogues: Decoding Karachi's Dynamics
Jasmine
اُردو ناول پردۂ زمین پر
Aquarius
Jerusalem: A Journey Back in Time: A Presentation by Iftikhar Salahuddin
Room 007
Beyond the Seas: Readings by Michael Cirelli, Aysha Baqir
Main Garden
Book Launch: Awaaz: Echoes of Freedom & Justice
Jasmine
Book Launch: The Monsoon War: A Novel by Bina Shah
Jasmine
Book Launch: مکھوٹا by Najeeba Arif
Aquarius
Book Launch: The Whispering Chinar by Ali Rohila
Room 007
Book Launch: Earth and Glimmer by Haya Fatima Sehgal
Tulip
Unveiling the Minds: The Science of Mental Resilience
Main Garden
ہنسنا منع ہے
Jasmine
تصوف اور ہماری شعری روایت : Mansoor Hallaj Kay Sayay
Aquarius
Book Launch: Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan by Ali Usman Qasmi
Room 007
Book Launch: Underground
Room 007
Book Launch: The Monsoon War: A Novel by Bina Shah
Tulip
Climate Change and Sustainability; A Discussion on Actions with Youth and Teachers
Main Garden
Film: The Power of Storytelling
Jasmine
Book Launch: Pakistan: Search for Stability Edited by Maleeha Lodhi
Aquarius
الیکشن ۲۰۲۴ء: ایک نیا زاویہ
Tulip
Interactive Theatre and Dramatic Poetry
Room 007
Goal of Higher Education: Creating Professionals or Scholars?
Main Garden
Human Rights and Wrongs
Jasmine
The Big Picture: Future of Pakistan
Aquarius
Translations of Sindhi Classics: From Shah Abdul Bhitai to Shaikh Ayaz
Room 007
Ceasefire Forever
Main Garden
Framing Reality as Comedy
Jasmine
Songs of the Sufi: The Untold Story of Classical Qawwali (Screening of Film followed by Q&A)
Aquarius
Ladies Tailor
Tulip
By the Swaying Palms and the Mangrove Creek: Poetry in English
Room 007
Book Launch: A World of Her Own: Ada Jafarey by Aamir Jafarey with Asra Jafarey
Room 007
Book Launch: Among My Own: The Untold Stories Of My People by Dr Naseem Salahuddin
Closing Ceremony
Honoring the Literary Legends: Zehra Nigah, Iftikhar Arif, Kishwar Naheed, Muneeza Shamsie - Vote of Thanks by: Maya Inayat Ismail, Chief of Staff to the Chairman and Chairperson, Sustainability Forum-HBL Arshad Saeed Husain, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan Sufi Qawwali by Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers