Pakistan is often described as a poetic nation, and not without reason. Urdu poetry circulates with ease across class, region, and generation. Verses are memorised, quoted, sung, reposted, and ...

Biodiversity, once central to folk poetry, is gradually fading from contemporary literary discourse, says one speaker.

In the garden city of Lahore, the modern spirit and ancient history of Pakistan come together. In February, activists, writers and artists converged on the city alongside star guest Orhan Pamuk to ...

With Faraz Maqsood Hamidi's Skin, contemporary Pakistani poetry in English steps up to its prose counterpart. The anthology of over 70 short poems — a collection of the poet's work over two decades — ...