UBL Holds 10th Edition of the UBL Literature & Arts Awards.

Byline: Zia Qureshi

KARACHI -- UBL passionately supports literature and arts as causes and has consistently invested towards advocating indigenous talent. The UBL Literature and Arts Awards is an event that has been undertaken by UBL annually for a decade now. In this regard, the 10th UBL Literature and Arts Awards were held at a local hotel in Karachi, attended in large numbers by writers, literary and media personalities, socialites, and celebrities. This annual celebration of Pakistani writers was expanded this year to include three new categories, thus making it the most comprehensive Pakistani awards celebrating the field of literature and arts.

The thirteen award categories received hundreds of nominations from all over Pakistan. The competition was open to all Pakistani authors who had published their original work in 2020. Entries were shortlisted by an esteemed panel of judges. The jury members, an august lot of some of Pakistan's leading legendary names in literature, comprised of Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, Dr. Arfa Syeda, Dr. Anwaar Ahmed, Ms. Kishwar Naheed, Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, Mr. Ghazi Salahuddin and Ms. Muneeza Shamsie.

Two special award categories were also announced. To celebrate the global impact of Pakistani artists, the prestigious 'Excellence in World Literature in English' award was posthumously awarded to the...