Main Garden Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Sehr 1 3rd Floor Theatre

9.30 – 10.00 a.m. Arrival of Guests and Tea

10.00 – 11.00 a.m. InaugurationSpeeches by David Martin, Ameena Saiyid, Asif Farrukhi, Marilyn Wyatt Keynote Speaker: William Dalrymple Performance by Nritaal

11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon

Superstar Writer: A Conversation with Shobhaa De Moderator: Asif Noorani

Changing Paradigms of Literature: Urdu and Beyond Nomanul Haq Moderator: Bilal Tanweer

Is Art History Relevant? (Curated by Niilofur Farrukh) Taimur Suri, Rizwanullah Khan, Amin Gulgee, Asma Ibrahim

Manto and Partition Ayesha Jalal Moderator: M. R. Kazimi

Megacities Arif Hasan, Roland deSouza, H. M. Naqvi Moderator: Nausheen Anwar

Masterclass in Creative Writing Robin Yassin-Kassab

Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial Traveller A Theatrical Session. Owen Calvert-Lyons and Peter HigginDuration: 2 hours

12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m.

A Conversation with Hanif Kureishi Moderator: Muneeza Shamsie

Shairi aur Afsana Poetry, Fiction and Translation: Readings and Conversation with Fahmida Riaz Moderator: Harris Khalique

Women Writing Women: A Conversation with Maniza Naqvi, Bina Shah, Nafisa Haji Moderator: Marilyn Wyatt

Pen as Sword: Expressing the New Pakistani Narrative through Fiction A Conversation with Ahmed Rashid Moderator: Khaled Ahmed

Book Launch Scent in the Islamic Garden by Ali Akbar Husain William Dalrymple Moderator: Raza Rumi

Masterclass continued..

Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial Traveller continued…

1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Main Garden Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas

2.00 -3.00 p.m. A Conversation with Anatol Lieven Moderators: Ayesha Siddiqa, Ghazi Salahuddin, Mohsin Hamid

Afsaney ki Batain Readings and Conversation with Urdu Fiction Writers Intizar Hussain and Zaheda Hina Moderator: Asif Farrukhi

Book Launch and Conversation with Michel Boivin (Artefacts of Devotion) and Jurgen Frembgen (Nocturnal Music in the Land of the Sufis) Moderator: Samina Quraeshi, Raza Rumi

3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Indus Journeys: A Conversation with William Dalrymple Moderator: Kamila Shamsie

Book Launch Koshish-e-Natamam by Shaista Ikramullah Raza Rumi, Naz Ikramullah Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Tolerance Through Children’s Literature Fauzia Minallah (Session for Children)

4.00 – 5.00 p.m. Miracle Man Book Launch and Conversation with Mohammed Hanif, Author of Our Lady of Alice Bhatti Moderator: Bina Shah

Sher o Sukhan Poetry Readings and Conversation with Iftikhar Arif and Kishwar Naheed Moderator: Raza Rumi

Today’s Pakistan: An Economic and Political Perspective Asad Sayeed, Ishrat Husain, Anatol Lieven, Maleeha Lodhi Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin

A Conversation with Siddhartha Deb, Author of The Beautiful and the Damned Moderator: Nauman Naqvi

5.00 – 6.00 p.m. Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism and the Taliban Ahmed Rashid, William Dalrymple, Maleeha Lodhi, Navid Kermani Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Ibn-e-Safi Aik Naye Andaaz Main/ The Re-birth of Ibn-e-Safi Ahmad Safi, Shakeel Adilzada, Sher Shah Syed, Khalid Jawed Moderator: Bilal Tanweer

Honour Killings: Silent Voices, Untold Stories Nafisa Shah, Tahira Khan, Anita Weiss Moderator: Fouzia Saeed

Writing Kashmir Book Launch and Conversation with Mirza Waheed, author of The Collaborators Moderator: Kamila Shamsie

7.00 – 10.00 p.m. MUSHAIRANizamat: Fatema Hassan and Harris Khalique

MUSHAIRAZehra Nigah, Kishwar Naheed, Iftiikhar Arif, Fahmida Riaz, Imdad Hussaini, Sahar Ansari, Shahida Hassan, Khwaja Razi Hyder, Azra Abbas, Ahmed Fouad, Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Inam Nadeem, Ali Akbar Natiq, Kashif Hussain Ghayer

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Sehr 1 3rd Floor

10.00 – 11.00 a.m. The Emergence of Bangladesh: A Military Failure or a Collapse of Civil Society Khaled Ahmed, Sarmila Bose, A. R. Siddiqi Moderator: Yaqoob Bangash

Klaseeki Adab aur Aaj kay Parhne Valey/Reading Urdu Classics Today Chair: Intizar Husain Iftikhar Arif, Nomanul Haq, Zehra Nigah, Khalid Jawed Moderator: Asif Farrukhi

Literary Criticism Muneeza Shamsie, Hanif Kureishi, Alok Bhalla, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Maniza Naqvi

Book Launch Rock and Roll Jihad by Salman Ahmed of Junoon Moderator: Ameed Riaz

Creative Writing Workshop Nafisa Haji

11.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon Kashmir A.G. Noorani, Najmuddin Shaikh, Mirza Waheed Moderator: Victoria Schofield

Looking Back at Partition Yasmin Khan, Hamida Khuhro, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Alok Bhalla, Asif Noorani Moderator: M. R. Kazimi

The Arab Spring Stefan Weidner, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Anouar Benmalek Moderator: Ishrat Husain

Satire/Comedy Ali Aftab Saeed of the Beygairat Brigade, Saad Haroon, and Banana News Network (BNN) Moderator: Nadeem Paracha

Book Launch and Talk by Navid Kermani, author of The Terror of God: Attar, Job and the Metaphysical Revolt Moderator: Samina Quraeshi

12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m. Nuclear Pakistan: An Overview of the Strategic Dimension Zafar Iqbal Cheema, Zulfqar Khan, Najmuddin Shaikh Moderator: Pervez Hoodbhoy

Tareekh aur Pakistan Mubarak Ali, Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Sultan-i-Rome Moderator: Ghazi Salahuddin

Legal Reforms and Women’s Rights in Pakistan Anita Weiss, Fouzia Saeed, Tahira Abdullah Moderator: Tahira Khan

Pakistani Contemporary Fiction Writings Mohsin Hamid, H. M. Naqvi, Shehryar Fazli, Ayesha Salman Moderator: Maniza Naqvi

Live Cartoon Presentation and Puppet and Muppet Show by Nigar Nazar (Session for Children)

1.00 – 2.00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Ballroom Maharani Maharaja Scillinas Theatre

2.00 – 3.00 p.m. A Conversation with Vikram Seth Moderator: Shaista Sonnu Sirajuddin

Pakistani Zabanon ka Adab/ Pakistani Languages (Curated by Mohammed Hanif) Amar Sindhu, Ahmad Fouad, Nukhbah Langah

Songs of the Falcon: Balochistan Naheed Azfar, Zobaida Jalal, Yaqoob Bangash Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Book Launch and Conversation with Attiya Dawood, Ainay kay Samnay Ali Akbar Natiq, Qaim Deen Khalid Jawed, Maut ki Kitaab Moderator: Tanveer Anjum

3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Education in Pakistan with a focus on Textbooks Rubina Saigol, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Faisal Bari, Tariq Rahman, Baela Jamil Moderator: Ameena Saiyid

Pakistani Authors and Global Literary Forums Madeline Clements, Claire Chambers Moderator: Asif Farrukhi

Eyewitnesses and Observers: Writing about Pakistan through a Foreign Perspective Declan Walsh, Anatol Lieven, Kishore Bhimani, Alok Bhalla, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Raza Rumi

A Conversation with Anouar Benmalek and Claudine Le Tourneur D’ison Moderator: Misbah Khalid and Fouzia Saeed

4.00 – 5.00 p.m. The Mother-Tongue as a Medium of Instruction Zubeida Mustafa, Abbas Rashid, Wajihuddin Ahmed, Ray Brown Moderator: Arfa Sayeda Zehra

Mediaspeak: How the Media Talks to Us? Mujahid Barelvi, Shaheen Salahuddin, Jasmeen Manzoor Moderator: Ayesha Siddiqa

Book Launch Iffat Humayun Khan’s Electoral Malpractices during the 2008 Elections in Pakistan Mohammad Waseem, Khaled Ahmed Moderator: Rasul Bakhsh Rais

5.00 – 6.00 p.m. The Silent Minority: A Voice for the Voiceless Tariq Rahman, Khaled Ahmed, Stefan Weidner Moderator: Abbas Rashid

Kaargaah-e-Sheesha Gari A Talk on Urdu LiteratureArfa Sayeda Zehra Moderator: Fatema Hassan

The Psychological Effects of Wars, Insurgencies and Terrorism Mowadat Rana, Unaiza Niaz, Sarmila Bose, Feriha Peracha Moderator: Murad Moosa

Book Launch The Oxford Companion to Pakistani History edited by Ayesha Jalal Speaker: Hameed Haroon Moderator: Syed Jaffar Ahmed

A Conversation with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her film nominated for the OscarModerator: Bilal Tanweer

6.30 – 7.00 p.m. Beach View GardenClosing Ceremony Speeches by Martin Fryer, Ameena Saiyid and Asif Farrukhi

7.00 – 7.30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Hanif Kureishi

7.30 – 8.30 p.m. Concert by Salman Ahmed of Junoon

Sunday, 12 February 2012