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7th Faisalabad Literary Festival

The seventh edition of the annual Faisalabad Literary Festival Naqvi talked about ‘Fiction Key Zamany’ and ‘Shahrzad Say Ajj
(FLF) commenced on Friday, Nov 27, 2020, Online. The three-day Tak’, while Ghazi Salah uddin, Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, and Dr.
event, culminating on Sunday, Nov 29, 2020, continued its Sheeba Alam expressed their views on ‘International Cinema and
tradition of hosting eminent writers, historians, artists, and Society’. Mehr Hussain and Saeed Sarfraz Sheikh shared their
opinion makers from across Pakistan. This year also, Interloop thoughts about ‘Guftgoo on the Book’ and ‘Pakistan a Fashionable
sponsored the event, and organized it in collaboration with the History’.
Lyallpur Literary Council (LLC).
On the final day, Sheeba Alam moderated the session 'Manto ki
The event commenced with Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, Musadaq Nai Tabeerain' in which Nusrat Manto, daughter of Saadat
Zulqarnain, Chairman Interloop Limited and Chairperson LLC Hasan Manto; a colonial Indian and Pakistani writer, playwright
and Sarah Hayat, Vice Chairperson LLC sharing their thoughts & author, and Muhammad Hameed Shahid and Mobeen Mirza
about the 7-year journey of the Faisalabad Literary Festival and highlighted the life story of Manto that became a subject of
the importance of literature. Following that, Saleema Hashmi, Dr. intense discussion and introspection.
Arifa Syeda Zahra, Haris Khaliq and Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed
held a discussion on the topic ‘Creative Mind in Close-street’. On this occasion, Musadaq Zulqarnain, Chairman Lyallpur
Literary Council said that due to COVID-19, this year's festival
The day ended with Khawaja Najam ul Hasaan; a veteran PTV was being organized online, adding that although the coronavirus
producer who has been in the media for over 4 decades, sharing pandemic stopped us from gatherings but couldn’t stop us from
his interesting memories and delightful experiences at PTV. On holding literary activities. “The show must go on !”
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the 2 day, Masood Ashar, Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyer and Syed

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