METRO EVENTS

Published June 26, 2019

Literary session

Pakistan Academy of Letters’ The Writer’s Café is organising the 40th session of its literary programme ‘Meet A Writer Over A Cup of Tea’ with prominent intellectual, poet and columnist Prof Dr Maqsood Jaffery on Thursday, June 27 at PAL, H-8/1, at 4:30pm.

Discussion

Jinnah Institute is organising a roundtable discussion on ‘Austerity Budget: Assessing the Impact on Development and Pro-Poor Growth’ on Thursday, June 27 at H. No. 4, St. 36, F-6/2, from 3-5pm.

Published in Dawn, June 26th, 2019

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