Metro events

Published April 16, 2014

Conference

Center for International Strategic Studies in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung is organising a one-day international conference on ‘Prospects of Trilateral Cooperation between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran’ on Wednesday, April 16 at Marriott Hotel at 10am.

exhibition

Satrang Gallery is hosting 'Five Connect', a collaborative exhibition of three British and two Pakistani printmakers on Wednesday, April 16 from 6-8pm.

documentary screening

Friedrick Ebert Stiftung (FES) is launching ‘Poles Apart: chains do not keep marriages together’ by anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Samar Minallah Khan on Wednesday, April 16 at FES, House 10-A, St. No. 31, F-8/1 at 5:30pm.

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion by renowned poetess Kishwar Naheed, Khalida Saleemi and Samar Minallah.

performance

A performance by ‘Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Society titled ‘Semazen – Whirling Dervishes’ will be held on Thursday, April 17 at Marriott Hotel at 8pm.

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