The Karachi Literature Festival has evolved into an internationally recognised forum to increase awarness of all forms of writing from Pakistan and beyond.
Iffat Humayun’s book sheds much needed light on Pakistan’s electoral process and, more specifically, the malpractices of the key players in previous elections.
A compendium of research, edited by Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed, investigates the increasing role of religion in the politics of South and South East Asia and the results of the yawning divide between the modern elites and the masses.
Libyan author Hisham Matar’s absorbing second novel speaks across cultures, delineating universal themes of love and loss, in a setting alive with political dissidence and revolution.
As writers from several countries make their way to the 3rd Karachi Literature Festival this weekend, questions about life in Pakistan are probably foremost in their minds. Here is what some Pakistani writers had to say about how to survive in Pakistan in 2012.