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4, 5, and 6 March 2022

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• ENTRY FOR FULLY VACCINATED GUESTS ONLY • PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED • MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING MANDATORY
 Friday, 4 March 2022
Main Garden
7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Dramatic Readings of Mushtaq
Ahmad Yusufi’s Haweli by
Fawad Khan, Meesam Naqvi and
Nazrul Hasan
Saturday, 5 March 2022
Main Garden
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Nasira Iqbal, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Noorul
Huda Shah, and
Mahtab Akbar Rashdi
Moderator: Nasira Zuberi
12.15 p.m. – 1.15 p.m. Empowered Local Governments:
Essential for Strengthening Democracy
Asad Umar, Salahuddin Ahmed, and
Mazhar Abbas
Moderator: Mubashir Zaidi
1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. The Reluctant Republic Ethos and
Mythos of Pakistan by Nadeem Farooq
Paracha
Moderator: George Fulton
2.15 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.
Dr Younis Butt in conversation with
Shahzad Sharjeel
3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Higher Education: Creating Good
Citizens, not just Good Students
Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Tariq Banuri, Shahid
Siddiqui, and Arfana Mallah
Moderator: Fauzia Shamim
4.45 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
Bilal Maqsood
Presented by
6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Sadarat: Iftikhar Arif
Nizamat: Ambareen Hasib Amber
Afzal Ahmed Syed, Ajmal Siraj, Anwar
Shaoor, Ashfaq Hussain, Farrukh Yar,
Fazil Jamili, Ghazal Ansari, Harris
Khalique, Kishwar Naheed, Mir Ahmad
Navaid, Nasira Zuberi, Peerzada Salman,
Sabir Zafar, Syed Kashif Raza, Tanveer
Anjum, Waheed Noor, and Yasmeen
Hameed
Presented by
Jasmine
Iftikhar Arif, Zehra Nigah, Kishwar
Naheed, Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Moderator: Najeeba Arif
Jasmine
In Search of Lost Glory: Sindhi
Nationalism in Pakistan by Asma Faiz
Haider Nizamani, Arfana Mallah,
Amar Sindhu, and Asma Faiz
Moderator: Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Najeeba Arif, Asghar Nadeem Syed,
Hameed Shahid, and
Kiran Nazir Ahmed
Moderator: Syed Kashif Raza
Inam Nadeem in conversation with
Ghazi Salahuddin
The Liar’s Truth
by Haroon Khalid Akhtar
Muneeza Shamsie, Arfa Sayeda Zehra,
Azfar Ahsan, Haroon Khalid Akhtar
Moderator: Maheen Usmani
The Security Conundrum:
Internal and External
Ikram Majeed Sehgal, Salma Malik, and
Haider Nizamani
Moderator: Huma Baqai
Iftikhar Arif, Yasmeen Hameed, Nasir
Abbas Nayyar, and Harris Khalique
Moderator: Nasira Zuberi
6.30 p.m. onwards
Feature Film Screening:
Khel Khel Mein
Discussion with Nabeel Qureshi
and Fizza Ali Meerza
Moderator: Omair Alvi
Aquarius Room 007
Fulfilling Jinnah’s vision Voices across the Generations:
Ian Talbot, Nasira Iqbal, Arfa Sayeda Zehra, and English Language Poetry
Javed Jabbar Alyana Khan, Fatima Ijaz, Harris Khalique, Jeeva
Moderator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed Haroun, Minaa Shahzad, Moeen Faruqi, Peerzada
Salman, Salena Godden, Sateah Afreedi, Shireen
Haroun, and Zarmina Raza
Moderator: Salman Tarik Kureshi
Aquarius Room 007
Rivals by Saad Shafqat
Saad Shafqat in conversation with Ayesha Mian
Qirat Zahid, Shahbaz Nayyar, Noor Us Sabah Tauqeer,
Anas Baloch
Moderator: Ghazal Ansari
Raja Shehzad in conversation with Mohsin Sayeed
Hanif Kureishi: Something to Tell You Art from the Wall to the Palm of your Hand
Moderator: Maniza Naqvi Durriya Kazi, Nusrat Khawaja, Tazeen Hussain,
Faisal Anwar, and Yasir Husain
Moderator: Niilofur Farrukh
Ben Okri reads his Verse
Introduction by Michael Houlgate
Gregory Maxwell Bruce in conversation with Moderator: Maheen Usmani Presented by Pakistan/UK
Ghazal Ansari New Perspectives
Pakistan’s Economic Journey: Expecting Miracles
Miftah Ismail, Kaiser Bengali, Shabbar Zaidi,
and Maheen Rahman Kishwar Naheed, Yasmeen Hameed, Hameed Shahid,
Moderator: Rashid Masood Alam and Imrana Maqsood
Moderator: Ambareen Hasib Amber
Getz Pharma EACPE Film Awards 2021:
Let’s Heal The World
Bee Gul, Khalid Ahmad, Hidayat Sayer Farrukh Yar in conversation with Syed Kashif Raza
Moderator: Sabiha Sumar
Sponsored by
Shahzad Sharjeel in conversation with Inam Nadeem
Candid Narratives: Pakistan’s Foreign Policy:
Contemporary Pakistani English Fiction Challenges in Transitional Era
Mira Sethi, Sarvat Hasin, Safinah Danish Elahi, Zafar Hilaly, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry,
and Taha Kehar and Zahid Hussain
Moderator: Nadya Chishty-Mujahid Moderator: Salma Malik
Presented by Pakistan/UK
New Perspectives
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
An Evening with Social Media Stars The New Generation: Writing in English
Danish Ali, Ali Gul Pir, Shafaat Ali, and Amtul Baweja Sachin Kureishi, Taha Kehar, and Fatima Ijaz
Moderator: George Fulton Moderator: Bina Shah
7.15 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. 7.15 p.m. - 8.15 p.m.
The Desire for Social Change in the
Developing World
Afrasiab Khattak, Abdul Rauf Rafiqui, Laleh Khalili, Raza Rumi, and Nazir Hussain
and Salma Shaheen
Moderator: Abaseen Yousafzai Moderator: Shaheen Salahuddin
 Sunday, 6 March 2022
Main Garden
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Afzal Murad, Munir Momin, Zahida
Raees Raji
Moderator: Waheed Noor
12.15 p.m. – 1.15 p.m. We the People:
The Constitution of Pakistan
Shaiq Usmani, Raza Rabbani,
and Nasira Iqbal
Moderator: Mujahid Barelvi
1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Betrayal by Omar Shahid Hamid
(Half Hour) Omar Shahid Hamid in conversation
with Taha Kehar
2.15 p.m. – 3.15 p.m. Journey of the News:
From Pen to Keyboard to Camera
Mahmood Shaam, Mazhar Abbas,
Najia Ashar, and Owais Tohid
Moderator: Nasira Zuberi
3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Sultana Siddiqui, Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Munawar Saeed, Marina Khan, and
Ushna Shah
Moderator: Raju Jamil
4.45 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
Anwar Maqsood
Introduced by: Ahmed Shah
6.00 p.m. – 6.50 p.m. Closing Ceremony:
Keynote Speeches by: Hanif Kureishi and Sardar Masood Khan
Speech by Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister Sindh
Vote of Thanks: Zafar Masud, President, Bank of Punjab
Vote of Thanks by: Arshad Saeed Husain, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan
7.05 p.m. Qawwali by Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad
Sponsored by Tehzeeb Foundation
Jasmine Aquarius Room 007
Decoding the Indus Valley Civilization:
An Archaeological Journey
Amir Bashir discusses his book with
Saira Ghulam Nabi Zubair Ahmad, Karamat Mughal, and Parveen Malik Presentation by Aurore Didier
Moderator: Mudassar Bashir Moderator: Zahida Quadri
Moderator: Idrees Ghazi
Presented by
Hamid Ateeq Sarwar reads his poetry
Moderator: Sharif Awan
Reimagining Pakistan’s Music: Tradition in the New Age
School Education Sharif Awan and Rafay Mahmood in conversation
Noorul Huda Shah, Mazhar Jameel, Attiya Dawood,
Fathima Dada, Mariam Chughtai, and Kaleem Butt Performer: Fizza Javed
Farid Panjwani and Zia Akhter Abbas Moderator: Amar Sindhu
Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil
The Inn by Maniza Naqvi
Maniza Naqvi in conversation with Nusrat Khawaja
Mujahid Barelvi in conversation with Hameed Shahid in conversation with
Abdul Malik Baloch Nasir Abbas Nayyar
Old Roads, New Highways Global Literary Landscape Violence of Urbanization
Victoria Schofield and Najam Sethi Hanif Kureishi, Kamila Shamsie, and Peter Morey Abira Ashfaq and Hafeez Baloch
in conversation Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie Moderator: Nida Kiramni
Dramatic Readings from Kallo by Sameena Nazeer
Pakistan’s Digital Journey Political Conflict in Pakistan
Reza Baqir, Tania Aidrus, by Mohammad Waseem Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah
and Shazad Dada Christophe Jaffrelot, Zahid Hussain, Bina Shah in conversation with Ayesha Mian
Moderator: Jehan Ara and Mohammad Waseem
Moderator: Asma Faiz
The Power of Words, Spoken or Written: Salena
Godden in conversation with Mehvash Amin
Presented by
Presented by
Presented by Pakistan/UK
New Perspectives
The Long Walk: Unhealed Wounds: Islamic Finance 101: Learning through Stories
Economy, Welfare and Reforms Partition in Pakistani English Fiction by Dr Muhammad Imran
Ishrat Husain, Vaqar Ahmed, Kamila Shamsie, H.M. Naqvi, and Uzma Aslam Khan Atif Aslam Bajwa, Muhammad Imran, Amir Paracha,
and Asma Hyder Moderator: Nadya Chishty-Mujahid Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz
Moderator: Sibtain Naqvi Moderator: Irum Saba
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