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Day 3 at the Lahore Literature Festival 2015 celebrates Faiz, Manto, Noor Jahan

Entertainment Desk | Sheharyar Rizwan | Xari Jalil Published February 22, 2015
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Day 3 at the Lahore Literature Festival promises to bring the audience full circle, with panels celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Saadat Hasan Manto, Noor Jahan and Ismet Chughtai. Those complaining about politics being favoured over culture at the festival might be mollified by the line up.

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Nadeem
Feb 22, 2015 01:40pm
Missing all that..wish I was in Lahore.what an occasion.
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najam
Feb 22, 2015 03:30pm
Each morning I wake to read dreading to news from Pakistan. Good to see literary festivities taking place in Lahore. All of a sudden life seems to sprung up from a Pakistani city. Salute to those who make this happen. May we know about those who put so much effort to organize this event.
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Nadeem
Feb 22, 2015 06:21pm
@najam No one else just people like you and me only more courageous.
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M. Emad
Feb 22, 2015 07:08pm
Lahore - Punjab seems out of choice --- every Lahore / Punjab Literature Festival 'celebrate' Urdu writer Faiz, Manto and singer Noor Jahan. Why not celebrate Punjabi folk/saints or non-Punjabi writers or literary giants of the sub-continent ?
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Kazim Reza
Feb 22, 2015 07:55pm
This is heart beat of Lahore. The cultural capital of South-Asia.
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drshireen
Feb 22, 2015 09:26pm
It must be lots of fun---wish I wee there too.
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BM
Feb 23, 2015 02:08am
I wish I could be there as well in my city..lots of love, longing and pride from London.
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