IRFAN Javed is a voracious reader and a writer, too. He writes fiction, pen-sketches and, perhaps for a change, criticism. A few years ago he wrote a piece in a newspaper on new arrivals and, citing ...

A literary quest to understand the culture of our land Culture, it is said, is a direct product of historical processes and the ‘novel’ is its reflection. Keeping this in view, Mohammed Naeem Virk ...

The provenance of Urdu literature produced in Pakistan in the last 75 years lies in the poetics of modern-national literature which began in response to colonial conditions of the late 19th Century ...

KARACHI: Eminent critic Dr Nasir Abbas Nayyar gave a lecture on ‘The Urdu Novel’s Nonexistence in Global Scenario: Truth or Figment of Imagination’ at the Arts Council of Pakistan on Friday evening.

After half a century of its publication, Abdullah Hussain’s novel Udaas Naslain still attracts the attention of critics and readers alike. This novel, along with Quratulain Haider’s novel Aag Ka Darya ...

Novel is set partially in Turkey and the rest in Pakistan Umera Ahmad, one of the present generation’s most popular playwrights, recently released her novel titled ‘Alif.’ Written in Urdu, the book ...