LAHORE: The fifth edition of the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) will start tomorrow (Saturday).

The festival will be held at Avari Hotel.

“Considering the precarious security situation, we wo­­rked closely with the Pun­jab government and truncated our event but adding another day is also on the table,” said Razi Ahmed, founder and chief executive officer of the LLF, on Thursday.

Earlier, a press release issued by the organisers had said that in deference to re­­cent events, the festival had been scaled down. “We re­­main grateful to the Pun­jab government and the people of Lahore who have wholly embraced the festival since its founding in 2013,” he said. The LLF 2017 will fea­­­ture a slew of writers, artists and opinion leaders.

Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2017