By Staff Reporter, *PAL geared up to host ‘Literary and Cultural Fest’* - Daily Times - Karachi, Pakistan
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has planned to organise an international festival titled ‘Literary and Cultural Festival 2011’ next year to present soft image of Pakistan all over the world.
Fakhar Zaman, chairman PAL, said this on Friday while giving a briefing about successful celebration of ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’.
He said that the main objective of the next year’s ‘Literary and Cultural Festival’ is to demonstrate enlightened image of Pakistan. Talking about the recently held moot on Sufism, Zaman said that the primary objective of this conference was to present the true picture of Pakistan before international delegations that was love, tolerance and brotherhood.
“The way the indigenous and foreign media gave us coverage, we consider ourselves quite successful, as over 80 intellectuals, writers, and poets from 35 countries, participated in conference,” he said adding 200 intellectuals and writers from Pakistan also participated in that moot.
The PAL chief said arranging ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’ was the dream of Benazir Bhutto, which came true. He said that on the prestigious occasion of international conference, PAL had announced some publications, including Pakistan Kay Sufi Shuara’ra in Urdu, Chinese, English, Spanish, and French.
Beside international conference, Zaman briefed the audience about future projects of the academy. “In our future projects, the most important one is an international conference on which we have started work. In previous conferences I have already announced the establishment of a literary TV channel and FM channel, it’s a grand project on which we have started work and we are trying to accomplish it in coming three months,” Zaman added.
“We have full cooperation of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. This is also their desire to establish literary TV and radio channels in Pakistan,” he said.
He said that PAL had decided to celebrate 2011 as the Year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In this regard on February 13, 2011, birthday of Faiz will be celebrated in a national conference in which writers and intellectuals from all over the country would be invited.
“PAL has started construction of Faiz Ahmed Faiz Auditorium on its premises, which is going to be completed very soon,” he said.
Zaman said PAL is going to arrange ‘Sufi Conferences’ in provincial capitals, in which the papers will be presented on all Sufis of Pakistan.
He said that the academy has already started writers exchange programme with other countries.
“The latest development in this regard is this that on the occasion of international conference on Sufism and peace, we have decided to start writers exchange programme with Sweden, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Nepal, Azarbaijan , and Tajikistan,” PAL chairman said.
The PAL chairman said that the academy in its publication projects had decided that it would publish separate books on the literature of Pakistan’s regional languages since 1947-2008.
He said PAL‘s future publication project is “Translating Pakistani and International Literature.”
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has planned to organise an international festival titled ‘Literary and Cultural Festival 2011’ next year to present soft image of Pakistan all over the world.
Fakhar Zaman, chairman PAL, said this on Friday while giving a briefing about successful celebration of ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’.
He said that the main objective of the next year’s ‘Literary and Cultural Festival’ is to demonstrate enlightened image of Pakistan. Talking about the recently held moot on Sufism, Zaman said that the primary objective of this conference was to present the true picture of Pakistan before international delegations that was love, tolerance and brotherhood.
“The way the indigenous and foreign media gave us coverage, we consider ourselves quite successful, as over 80 intellectuals, writers, and poets from 35 countries, participated in conference,” he said adding 200 intellectuals and writers from Pakistan also participated in that moot.
The PAL chief said arranging ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’ was the dream of Benazir Bhutto, which came true. He said that on the prestigious occasion of international conference, PAL had announced some publications, including Pakistan Kay Sufi Shuara’ra in Urdu, Chinese, English, Spanish, and French.
Beside international conference, Zaman briefed the audience about future projects of the academy. “In our future projects, the most important one is an international conference on which we have started work. In previous conferences I have already announced the establishment of a literary TV channel and FM channel, it’s a grand project on which we have started work and we are trying to accomplish it in coming three months,” Zaman added.
“We have full cooperation of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. This is also their desire to establish literary TV and radio channels in Pakistan,” he said.
He said that PAL had decided to celebrate 2011 as the Year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In this regard on February 13, 2011, birthday of Faiz will be celebrated in a national conference in which writers and intellectuals from all over the country would be invited.
“PAL has started construction of Faiz Ahmed Faiz Auditorium on its premises, which is going to be completed very soon,” he said.
Zaman said PAL is going to arrange ‘Sufi Conferences’ in provincial capitals, in which the papers will be presented on all Sufis of Pakistan.
He said that the academy has already started writers exchange programme with other countries.
“The latest development in this regard is this that on the occasion of international conference on Sufism and peace, we have decided to start writers exchange programme with Sweden, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Nepal, Azarbaijan , and Tajikistan,” PAL chairman said.
The PAL chairman said that the academy in its publication projects had decided that it would publish separate books on the literature of Pakistan’s regional languages since 1947-2008.
He said PAL‘s future publication project is “Translating Pakistani and International Literature.”
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By Staff Reporter, *PAL geared up to host ‘Literary and Cultural Fest’* - Daily Times - Karachi, PakistanSaturday, March 27, 2010
Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has planned to organise an international festival titled ‘Literary and Cultural Festival 2011’ next year to present soft image of Pakistan all over the world.
Fakhar Zaman, chairman PAL, said this on Friday while giving a briefing about successful celebration of ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’.
He said that the main objective of the next year’s ‘Literary and Cultural Festival’ is to demonstrate enlightened image of Pakistan. Talking about the recently held moot on Sufism, Zaman said that the primary objective of this conference was to present the true picture of Pakistan before international delegations that was love, tolerance and brotherhood.
“The way the indigenous and foreign media gave us coverage, we consider ourselves quite successful, as over 80 intellectuals, writers, and poets from 35 countries, participated in conference,” he said adding 200 intellectuals and writers from Pakistan also participated in that moot.
The PAL chief said arranging ‘International Conference on Sufism and Peace’ was the dream of Benazir Bhutto, which came true. He said that on the prestigious occasion of international conference, PAL had announced some publications, including Pakistan Kay Sufi Shuara’ra in Urdu, Chinese, English, Spanish, and French.
Beside international conference, Zaman briefed the audience about future projects of the academy. “In our future projects, the most important one is an international conference on which we have started work. In previous conferences I have already announced the establishment of a literary TV channel and FM channel, it’s a grand project on which we have started work and we are trying to accomplish it in coming three months,” Zaman added.
“We have full cooperation of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. This is also their desire to establish literary TV and radio channels in Pakistan,” he said.
He said that PAL had decided to celebrate 2011 as the Year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. In this regard on February 13, 2011, birthday of Faiz will be celebrated in a national conference in which writers and intellectuals from all over the country would be invited.
“PAL has started construction of Faiz Ahmed Faiz Auditorium on its premises, which is going to be completed very soon,” he said.
Zaman said PAL is going to arrange ‘Sufi Conferences’ in provincial capitals, in which the papers will be presented on all Sufis of Pakistan.
He said that the academy has already started writers exchange programme with other countries.
“The latest development in this regard is this that on the occasion of international conference on Sufism and peace, we have decided to start writers exchange programme with Sweden, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Nepal, Azarbaijan , and Tajikistan,” PAL chairman said.
The PAL chairman said that the academy in its publication projects had decided that it would publish separate books on the literature of Pakistan’s regional languages since 1947-2008.
He said PAL‘s future publication project is “Translating Pakistani and International Literature.”
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