Monday, July 8, 2024

Literature

Turkey honours Allama Iqbal with prestigious “Service to Islam” award

Iqbal’s grandson, Walid Iqbal, received the award on behalf of the Iqbal family KONYA (Turkey) - Pakistan’s national poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal has been honoured in Turkey, through the conferment of the “Dost Award” for “Service to Islam.” Iqbal’s grandson, Walid...

Urdu Scholars attend International Congress on Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi at Pakistan House in Ankara

ANKARA (Turkey) - Urdu writers, poets, and scholars attended International Congress on Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi at Pakistan House in Ankara, Turkey. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Turkey Sohail Mahmood hosted a scholars evening at Pakistan House for participants of the International Urdu...

How a new Dutch Library transformed into a happening place

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 Book 8 coming this summer

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...

Pakistan to promote Urdu language and literature in Turkey

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...

Poetess Fahmida Riaz awarded Pakistan’s highest literary award

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,...

Year in Review: Pakistan’s 10 most memorable moments of 2015

Young author Faizan Soofi, Entrepreneur Fiza Farhan, Top cadet Junaid Saleem are the bright stars and faces of Pakistan who made us proud in 2015 TVI Special Report As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to look at the year gone...

Book on China-Pakistan friendship launched in Islamabad

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...

Renowned poet Jamiluddin Aali passes away at 90

KARACHI - Famous scholar and Urdu poet Dr Jamiluddin Aali passed in Karachi. He was admitted in a private hospital in Karachi for last three days. He died of heart attack. Raju Jamiluddin, the son of Aali said “He will...

Pakistani author launches her Novel on Skype after India denied visa

When a Pakistani author Kanza Javed was denied a visa to travel to India for her book launch. She didn't lose hope. Kanza, with the help of her publisher, Aanchal Malhotras, co-ordinated a launch over Skype according to a Times of...

Latest News

Keir Starmer becomes UK’s new prime minister as Labour wins UK general election 2024

UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has become prime minister of UK after a ceremonial meeting with King Charles III on July 5, 2024. Starmer has led Labour to secure a landslide victory in the UK’s 2024 general election to end 14 years of Conservative rule.