Three-day Islamabad Literature Festival starts on Nov 3.

ISLAMABAD -- The Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the schedule for the 9th edition of the Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF).

According to a statement, the three-day literary extravaganza would start on November 3 at the Gandhara Citizen Club in F-9 Park.

'With the overarching theme of 'People, Planet, Possibilities', ILF promises an array of captivating keynotes, engaging conversations, book launches, exhibitions and film screenings,' it stated.

The inaugural event on November 3 will be open to the public, featuring addresses by Arshad Saeed Husain, OUP Managing Director; Jane Marriott, British High Commissioner, and Khalid Mahmood, Managing Director Getz Pharma.

The event will include keynotes by notable British author, biographer and historian Victoria Schofield and eminent Urdu poet Iftikhar Arif.

The programme also has a grand Mushaira presided over by Iftikhar Arif and a Ghazal night with Ustad Hamid Ali Khan on the second and third evenings, respectively.

All informative and literary discussions will be led by eminent experts, including Dr Ishrat Husain, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Mohammad Aurangzeb, Mohammad Azfar Ahsan, Saquib Ahmad, Dr Farzana Bari, Dr Najeeba Arif, Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Kishwar Naheed, Nasira Zuberi, Omar Shahid Hamid, Muneeza Shamsie, Harris Khalique, Hamid Khan, Zahid Hussain, Nasim Zehra, Hamid Mir, Asma Shirazi, Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Khaled...