Pakistan', organized by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, concluded at the YMCA Ground, encapsulating the diverse colors of literature and fine arts. The concluding session was presided over by ...

The four-day 18th Aalmi Urdu Conference 2025 — Jashan-e-Pakistan, organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, ...

KARACHI: Four-Day 18th World Urdu Conference ends with grand celebration of literature, arts Jashan-e-Pakistan”, organized by ...

Renowned poet Iftikhar Arif said that he had not seen any other institution where so many significant cultural streams ...

In its 10th year, Jashn-e-Rekhta — an ode to Urdu’s legacy and one of the more significant cultural gatherings in the Capital’s cultural calendar — will feature a dramatic finale this year. On ...

The Pakistani Students Association held its second-annual Qawali Night on Saturday in Old Union Hall. A collaboration with the PSA at Cornell University, the event invited the campus community to ...

With this new adaptation, translated by Sulaiman Khateeb, Rais Anis Sabri aims to make Khusro’s timeless message more accessible to Urdu and Hindi-speaking audiences—without losing the spiritual ...

The Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy celebrates its 50th anniversary with Bahar-e-Urdu, a three-day cultural event in Mumbai featuring Urdu literature, art, and music. Highlights include seminars, ...

On the surface, PL Santoshi’s 1960 film Barsaat Ki Raat looks like just another love story shadowed by social disapproval. What sets it apart, however, is how Urdu poetry and qawwalis are not just ...

Each couplet was crafted to echo its emotional feeling and spiritual imagination. “Sufi poetry often begins with the acknowledgement of not knowing,” says Rais Anis Sabri. “That humility is the ...

Centuries-old Persian poetry finds new life in Urdu, bridging spiritual depth with modern audiences. Renowned young Sufi Qawwal Rais Anis Sabri is set to release his much-anticipated single “Jahan Kal ...

When the world feels tangled in noise and restlessness, very few things can offer solace like Sufi songs do. On Friday evening at Jatra Biroti, 'Sufi Night' became that rare moment of pause, a space ...