Pakistan Army on Monday announced the formation of a formal court of inquiry to probe whether ex-ISI chief Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani disclosed any national secrets in a recently launched book he co-authored with a former spy chief of...
Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe will don the role of Zari - a Muslim computer hacktivist
American comic book publisher - DC Comics introduces first Muslim female Superhero as Zari in its latest season of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”.
An Iranian-American actress...
KARACHI - The British Council has re-opened its gates for the book lovers of Karachi after a gap of almost 15 years.
The British Council library, closed after the 9/11 attacks, has been re-launched on 21st July with a new avatar. The...
The New Library transformed itself into a thriving place where people could relax and hang out
By Cat Johnson
Facing declining visitors and uncertainty about what to do about it, library administrators in the new town of Almere in the Netherlands did...
Harry Potter is soon going to be on bookshelf with an eight installment of the two-part play
There's good new for Harry Potter fans that eighth Harry Potter book is set to be released this summer. The book will include the script...
ANKARA - Pakistan Government would take further steps to promote the study and research of Urdu language and literature in Turkey, state Pakistan’s Ambassador to Turkey Sohail Mahmood during his visit to the Department of Urdu at Ankara University...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has announced Kamal-e-Fun Award for the year 2014. Kamal-e-Fun Award - the highest literary award in the field of literature - has been awarded to country's prominent poetess Fahmida Riaz.
Fahmida Raiz is a writer,...
Pakistan-China friendship cuts across multiple dimension, touching state-to-state and people-to-people relation
Speakers at the book launch of “You and Us: Stories of China and Pakistan” highlighted the special bond shared by the states as well as by the people of Pakistan...
ISTANBUL -- Turkey’s biggest international book fair opened its doors in Istanbul city with a ceremony to mark its 34th anniversary.
The Tuyap Fair in Beylikduzu opened with the theme of ‘Humor: Looking at Life with a Smile.’
This year, the...
ISLAMABAD: Import of books declined by 45.89 per cent in fiscal 2014-15 to Rs71.453 million from Rs132.898m in 2013-14. Pakistan imports books from 45 countries.
The daily Dawn quoted the Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir as saying that local publishers were...