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Acknowledgments...... 4 Introduction to Children’s Literature Festival ...... 8 Teachers Literature Festival Islamabad ...... 11 Art of Reading with Expression...... 11 Creative Writing Workshops ...... 11 Use of New Media in the Classroom ...... 11 Protecting our Culture, Literature and Language...... 11 Taleem-o-Tarbiyat...... 11 Nurturing Creativity in Children ...... 12 Peace Education in Classrooms/Schools...... 12 Mera Karachi Mera Mobile Cinema...... 12 Bringing the World in your Classroom...... 12 How to Design a Student Centered Lesson Plan...... 12 Exploitating Poetry, Drama, Novel in the Classroom ...... 12 Understanding Faiz Ahmed Faiz...... 12 Teachers’ Voices: What Promotes or Inhibits Reading and Creativity in the Classroom ...... 13 Teachers’ Katcheri: Right to Education Campaign...... 13 Oxford University Press Workshops ...... 13 Technology in the Classroom by 3i logic...... 13 Book Launches...... 13 Book Stalls ...... 14 Multi Sensory Stalls ...... 14 Closing Ceremony ...... 14 Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad...... 15 Opening Ceremony...... 15 Storytelling ...... 15 Poetry ...... 15 Puppet show...... 16 Mural and Art Paintings ...... 16 theatre ...... 16 Music Performance...... 16 Digital story ...... 16 Reclaiming heritage and diversity ...... 16

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Workshops...... 17 plenary session s...... 17 book launches ...... 17 bol kay lub azad hain teray (speak for your lips are free) ...... 18 Multi experience stalls ...... 18 Closing ceremony...... 18 Comments about CLF...... 19 Comments from Resource Persons...... 19 Comments from Schools ...... 19 Challenges Faced During Islamabad Festival ...... 20 Media Coverage ...... 21 Print Media Coverage: Curtain Raiser (30.04.14)...... 21 Print Media Coverage: TLF (01-05-2014) ...... 22 Print Media Coverage: CLF Day-1 (02-05-2014) ...... 24 Print Media Coverage: CLF Day-2 (03-05-2014) ...... 26 Program Cards ...... 28 Teacher’s Literature Festival (1st may, 2014) ...... 28 Children’s Literature Festival (2nd May, 2014)...... 29 Children’s Literature Festival ( 3rd May, 2014) ...... 30 Photo Gallery...... 31

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report is compiled by the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) team of Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA) to share information regarding Children’s Literature Festival and Teachers’ Literature Festival Islamabad 2014 with all its partners and friends.

We are thankful to the entire team of Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA), Oxford University Press (OUP), and Open Society Foundations (OSF) for collaborating for the purpose of this unique social movement in order to promote a culture of reading, writing and critical thinking in each school of Pakistan. Together, the three organizations have organized a total of 13 CLFs, CLF Islamabad was the 14th one and two Teachers’ Literature Festival.

We are profoundly thankful and grateful to our sponsors Habib Bank Limited, Alif Ailaan, Dubai Cares, Open Society Foundations, European Union, Oxfam, Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD), Federal College of Education (FCE) and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) for their generous support for the Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad and Teachers’ Literature Festival Islamabad. We hope that these partnerships continue to grow over the years.

We are also extremely thankful to Federal College of Education (FCE) for providing us the venue free of cost. CLF Islamabad would not have been such a huge success without the cooperation and support of the entire team of FCE. We are also grateful to Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), and Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD) for the mobilization of schools and teachers for the three day event.

Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA) with Oxford University Press and Federal College of Education (FCE) want to extend their deepest gratitude to all the resource persons for their dedication and support in making Teacher’s Literature Festival and Children’s Literature Festival a huge success:

 Abbas Husain  Active Youth Organization  Adnan Abbasi  Adeel Hashmi  Afshan Huma  Aftab Surooj  Alif Laila Book Bus Society  Alam  Ameena Saiyid  Ammar Khalid  Amra Alam  Anam Tariq  Asad Mian  Asad Umar  Asma Munderwala  Ayub Baloch  Azka Khan  Baela Raza Jamil  Bakhtawar Shah

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 Basarat Kazim  Batool Nasir  Bibi Riffat Shaheen  Bushra Sahab  Chintan Girish Modi  Danish Faruqi  Faheem Abbasi  Faisal Bari  Farah Sadia  Farooq Qaiser  Fatima Husain  Fauzia Minallah  Fayyaz Raja  Gul Bahar Bibi  Hamida Khuhro  Hamza Lari  Haji Habib  Harris Khalique  Haseena Moin  Helen Kamal  Hira Ilyas  Huma Mirza  Ilona Yousaf  Jasmine Arandia  Kalash Dur School  Kashif Ali Dhani  Khursheed Hyder  Laajverd  Layba Bibi  Mahvash Faruqi  Maimoona Abbas  Malik Bilal Haider  Maryam Faruqi  Mastdana  Mehnaz Aziz  Mian and the Mithus  Mian Shehzad Ali  Misbah Javed  Mohammad Zulfiqar  Mosharraf Ziadi  Muhammad Ajmal Khan  Muhammad Ejaz Ullah Mughal  Muhammad Jamil Bajwa  Munaza Tanveer

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 Muzammil Hussain  M.Zai-ul-Haq  Nadine Murtaza  Nargis Sultana  Nasreen Iqbal  Nasim Zehra  Nazar Abbas  Niaz  Nida Yaseen  Nida Azwar  Nigar Nazar  Rakae Jamil  Rashda Fatima  Rida Arif  Rumana Husain  Sadia Sarwar Gill  Saeeda Jabeen  Saeed Ul Hassan  Saif Hassan  Saleem Mairaj  Saman Shamsie  Samar Minallah  Samia Rehman Dogar  Sania Shahid  Sehar Tariq  Shadab  Shafia Hanif  Shaheera Moin  Shahid Siddiqui  Shanze Tanveer  Shahrukh Mohiuddin  Sheherazad Alam  Sohail Bhatti  Sunil Kumar  Tahira Abdullah  Tahira Maqbool  Taimur Rehman  Tajdar Ziadi  Tassawar Naheed  Taya Online Theatre Group  Tayyaba Aquil  Tulin Khalid  Usman Rana  Wajih Nizami

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 Waleed Akram  Waqas Bajwa  Yahya Faruqi  Yaminay Chaudhry  Zaheer Abbas  Zainab Omar  Zaynah Gillani  Zayneb Moin  Zeerak Ahmed  Zehra Arshad  Zehra Husain  Zobaida Jalal  Zuha Ansari  Zulekha

This report discusses the highlights of the CLF and TLF Islamabad in detail and serves to inform the reader about the overall event, acknowledge the people and organizations involved in making it a success and the challenges.

Thank you!

CLF Team

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INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Children’s Literature Festival is a social movement organized by Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi and Oxford University Press in collaboration with Open Society Foundations (OSF) It is the first ever national level systematic event that intends to reach all territories and segments in Pakistan. CLF proposes to expand reading culture for creativity, imagination and multi-sensory stimulation beyond classrooms and textbooks. In other words, it provides a unique platform that drives the interest of children towards joy of reading, self expression and critical thinking.

The Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER) 2010 and 2011 highlighted major challenges in the learning level of children. According to ASER insights, children are facing major problems in learning as the current text books are not attuned with age, language and/or grade. Curriculum is neither relevant nor imaginative; a majority of children remain marginalized in learning experiences with little stimulation and encouragement.

Keeping in mind the above mentioned issues, Children’s Literature Festival was started as a response to the low level of learning in collaboration with like-minded academicians and stakeholders. The main aim of CLF is to inculcate the love of reading and creativity among children of all ages. It is an equalizer catering to children from ALL backgrounds and social class.

Context:

 The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan 2013 surveyed 230,370 children of age group 5- 16; they were tested for language and arithmetic competencies overall (both rural and urban), that is, 217, 862 from rural and 12,508 from urban cities. ASER 2013 covered 138 rural districts and 13 urban districts of Pakistan. This has provided spatial and learning mapping of urban and rural areas.

 Seventy-four percent of children in rural districts were enrolled in government schools as compared to only 41% in urban samples. The spread of public and private sector is vital to understanding the footprint of the service providers as potential partners for CLF promoting the reading/literacy habit. . The learning and access levels of children across the country/provinces and areas (rural and urban) stands as follows:1

1 Table shows 2013 ASER findings 8

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Provinces Learning Levels Class 5 Learning Levels Class 5 Access 6-16 /Areas (rural) Urban Rural Rural Urban

U/S/P English Arithmetic U/S/P English Arithmetic

National 50 43 43 55 59 51 79 92

Sindh 41 25 29 46 48 40 71 92

Balochistan 49 29 39 77 56 69 66 85

Punjab 66 62 56 68 73 62 84 94

Khyber 39 39 38 14 27 31 86 98 Pakhtoonkhwa

FATA 30 28 37 - - - 79 -

Gilgit Baltistan 51 60 50 - - - 84 -

Islamabad 62 60 52 - - - 95 - Capital Territory

Azad Jammu & 61 58 51 - - - 95 - Kashmir

In 2011, CLF journey started from Lahore where the first such festival was held. It was held at the Children’s Library Complex with the support of the Government of Punjab and inaugurated by Chief Minister of Punjab, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. This initiative was received extremely well by the children, educators and parents and was attended by more than 22,000 children.

After the exceptional success at CLF Lahore, overwhelming demands were received from all across Pakistan and successful events were held in Quetta, Peshawar, Bahawalpur, Lahore, Karachi, Swat, Peshawar and Islamabad.

With the help of a systematic approach, the vision and mission of CLF have been raised at several forums, dialogues, platforms and discussion panels. An overwhelming response was received for this initiative as social activists, intellectuals and celebrities enthusiastically committed for this social movement. Lately activists, renowned public figures and prominent institutes have also allied with CLF as ambassadors.

After holding many successful CLFs all across the country, the organizers felt that it was important to create a template which all CLFs could follow and hence, by March 2013, CLF had managed to generate a unique template of 14 strands that occur simultaneously to engage large audiences on locations. It thrives on public spaces for public good. The strands continue to grow and also change according to the area and the scale of the

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CLF. Under each strand, prominent authors, artists, celebrities are contacted to do a interactive session with the children based on their individual skills and expertise. The list of well known authors/artists/ individual and groups continues to grow joining hands to deliver as one a healing and learning extravaganza for children and teachers from public, private, urban, rural, girls, boys, madrassas and challenged schools alike.

Fourteen strands of CLF are as follows:

Read & Sing Aloud Stories and Songs Theatre and Skits Workshops on How to Illustrate a Book, Creative Writing & Expression Digital Stories – ICTs; Workshops on Comics Production Sessions on: Mother Tongue, Critical Thinking, Textbooks & Curriculum, Inclusive Learning Reclaiming Heritage & Diversity Active Citizenship Children’s Films Puppet shows and cartoons Multi-experience stalls Alif Laila Thousand & One Arabian Nights and others Bol Key Lab Azaad Hain Terey – Speak for your lips are free Open Competition for Children in Prose & Poetry -any local language Mural & Art Sessions Book Launches Book Fair & Learning Stalls of NGOs/Local Partners

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TEACHERS LITERATURE FESTIVAL ISLAMABAD

The first Teacher’s Literature Festival in Islamabad was held on 1st May, 2014 attracting 5000 teachers from both private and government schools. Following are the sessions held on the day:

ART OF READING WITH EXPRESSION

It is essential for teachers to captivate their students attention in the classroom. Holding the children’s interest in classroom activities depends mainly on the narration skill of the teachers. Different techniques used by the teacher for narration of different texts enable children to learn and enjoy more.

Prominent storytellers and poets were invited from all over Pakistan to conduct session with teachers on the art of reading with expressions. List of well known narrators included Ilona Yusuf, Kishwar Naheed, Zambeel Dramatic Readings, Shahid Siddiqui, Rumana Husain and Harris Khalique. Not only was poetry recited in these sessions, various methods and modes were discussed for the teachers to employ in their classrooms.

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS

One of the foremost aim of Children’s Literature Festival is to encourage children to write. Children’s Literature Festival wants to welcome aspiring writers and give them platform to display their work. Teachers need to be able to inspire children so they can write to the best of their abilities. Creative writing workshops at the Teacher’s Literature Festival held by well known writers such as Amra Alam and Chintan Girish Modi illustrated various processes that teachers can use to inspire children to write.

USE OF NEW MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM

Use of new media in the classroom is one of the important strands of Teacher’s Literature Festival as it demonstrates to teachers how different medias can be used to engage and educate children. Both, Samar Minallah, documentary film maker and the team of TeleTaleem, in separate sessions, made use of multimedia to depict important social issues. Teachers shared their concerns, views and suggestions about these social issues with the resource persons.

PROTECTING OUR CULTURE, LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE

It is essential for children to know of their history, customs, traditions and origins. Hence, Teacher’s Literature Festival focuses greatly on sessions of heritage. Baela Raza Jamil, Director Program at Idara-e-Taleem-o- aagahi, moderated a session with Bakhtawar Shah, Teacher at the Kalash Dur School, titled as “Protecting our culture, literature and language” where various aspects of Kalash Valley were discussed such as language, education, festivals. It was surprisingly to see how few of the members in the audience had visited Kalash. Discussion was followed by questions by teachers such as the decreasing population of the Valley, religion of the people, etc.

TALEEM-O-TARBIYAT

Environment of a classroom has immense effect on a child’s upbringing as a result of which, Teacher’s Literature Festival held a session on “Taleem-o-tarbiyat” by famous TV actress and morning show host, Farah

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Sadia. Farah spoke to teachers about the importance of upbringing. She highlighted several aspects of upbringing that require attention of teachers such as acceptance of failure, respect, confidence and so forth.

NURTURING CREATIVITY IN CHILDREN

Artist, Fauzia Minallah held a session on “Nurturing Creativity in Children” which not only taught teachers how to stimulate creativity in children but in addition to that, taught teachers how to use low cost tools for the process. Techniques such as how to make dolls out of plastic bottles, plastic bags were exhibited to the teachers. Later in the session, teachers were asked to craft the dolls too.

PEACE EDUCATION IN CLASSROOMS/SCHOOLS

Chitan Girish Modi from India and Rumana Husain from Pakistan held a session on peace education in the classroom. They taught teachers through activities what can be done on a day to day basis for peace. Chitan displayed videos of friendship between a Hindu and a Muslim whereas Rumana read a story depicting friendship between two people belonging to different cultures.

MERA KARACHI MERA MOBILE CINEMA

Mera Karachi Mobile Cinema founded by Yaminay Chahudhry illustrated how she and her team visited different areas of Karachi especially conflict areas, and asked children to make videos from cell phones. These videos were then showed anywhere in Karachi using a rickshaw powered projector. In her session, she showed a few such videos to the teachers. Session demonstrated how creativity can be encouraged through simple means.

BRINGING THE WORLD IN Y OUR CLASSROOM

Along with their course studies, children also need to be aware of the world outside their classroom. Sehar Tariq advised the teachers of ways in which they can share world news with the children. Several inquires were made by teachers such as how to inform a younger child of terrible world news or how to make time for news sharing with comprehensive syllabus.

HOW TO DESIGN A STUDENT CENTERED LESSON PLAN

Sehar Tariq recommended ways to teachers in which they could formulate a student centered lesson which shall enhance greater creativity and greater productivity. Enthusiastic teachers raised a lot of questions regarding such lessons, each answered with a solurtion by Sehar.

EXPLOITATING POETRY, DRAMA, NOVEL IN THE CLASSROOM

In his session titled “Expoitating poetry, drama, novel in the classroom”, Abbas Husain, Director Teachers Resource Centre, talked about English Literature, the importance of the subject and techniques used in the subject. He narrated few famous poems from the subject.

UNDERSTANDING FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

It is essential for teachers to ensure that children study and appreciate poets of their nation. Consequent to which, session on “Understanding Faiz Ahmed Faiz” was held by grandson of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Adeel Hashmi. Adeel Hashmi requested teachers to make children love their nation language. He asked them to teach children about revolution and peaceful protests such as those carried out by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Each request was supported by a stanza from Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poem.

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TEACHERS’ VOICES: WHAT PROMOTES OR INHIBITS READING AND CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM

Panel consisting of Helen Kamal, Rashda Fatima, Afshan Huma, Nargis Sultana, Mosharraf Ziadi and Abbas Husain and moderated by Ameena Saiyid discussed reading and creativity. Each provided their own solution as to how to promote reading and creativity in children. Helen Kamal stated that one of the main barriers of creativity were we, ourselves. Mostly, teachers are not properly trained. Afshan Huma was of the view that our schools have an extremely verbal culture. Teachers are bound to their curriculum. Director FCE, Rashda Fatima asked teachers to assign children to read books which then shall be discussed in class. Nargis Sultana stressed that more festivals such as CLF should be held in order to gain interest of the children. Mosharraf Ziadi portrayed difficulties faced by the teachers while Abbas Husain encouraged greater use of libraries and internet. Ameena Saiyid added that along with syllabus, teachers can perform other activities in the classrooms such as role playing and storytelling.

TEACHERS’ KATCHERI: RIGHT TO EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

Teachers Katcheri invited eight panelists to talk about issues faced by the teachers in Pakistan today. Panel included Razia Stanikzai, Imran Khan, Saeed Ul Hasan, Zara Khan, and three officials from the Ministry of Education. Panelists spoke about the importance of improving quality and standards and how to address these issues through better training programs.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WORKSHOPS

Different workshops by Oxford University Press team were carried out throughout the day. Malik Bilal Haider did a workshop on copyright awareness/education with the teachers whereas Adnan Abbasi talked to teachers about digital products. Empowering teachers in the classroom session was facilitated by Tayyaba Aquil, Bushra Sahab and Azka Khan.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM BY 3I LOGIC

It is extremely critical for teachers to know how to use technology for their and their students benefit in present time. Yahya Faruqi, along with his team, held sessions for teachers, teaching them importance of technology and how to effectively use it in their classroom.

BOOK LAUNCHES

Teachers Literature Festival Islamabad, 2014 saw the launch of many interesting books such as Simurgh and the Birds and Our Sheikh Saadi by Fehhmida Riaz moderated by Harris Khalique, Just Like the other kids by World Bank moderated by Zobaida Jalal and Fauzia Minallah’s both Amai and the Banyan Tree and Bano, Biloo and Amai which were moderated by Ilona Yousuf and Ameena Saiyid.

5th Edition of children’s magazine, Uran Tashtaree (Flying Saucer) was also launched at the Festival which featured Amra Alam, the editor of the magazine and Rumana Husain as the discussants. Rumana Husain’s ‘Layla aur Munni Gudia’, the first publication by CLF was also launched which was moderated by Khursheed Hyder along with her other book, Mohtrama Fatima Jinnah (Tasveeri Kahani) which was moderated by none other than, Haseena Moin.

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BOOK STALLS

A book fair was set up by publishers from all over Pakistan. Range of books available stretched from fictional to historical to Islamic and so forth. Books were accessible for all group ages. Publishers included Oxford University Press, Al Huda, Afaq, Paramount, etc.

MULTI SENSORY STALLS

Multi sensory stalls were put up by different organizations which had games and activities for children all day. These included Habib Bank Limited, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, School Assessment and School Improvement Program (SASI), Sabaq Foundation, TeleTaleem, SE Group of Companies and others.

CLOSING CEREMONY

Teachers Literature Festival ended with a beautiful recitation of the classic Heer Ranjha by Taimur Rehman and Tajdar Ziadi. Recital was accompanied with flute, sitar, guitar, harmonium and singing by Aftab, Wajih Nizami, Shadab and Shabih Sen respectively. Reading ended with a huge round of applause from the audience.

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL ISLAMABAD

OPENING CEREMONY

The 14th Children’s Literature Festival opening ceremony was held on 2nd May, 2014 Islamabad at Federal College of Education, welcoming thousands of children from all over Pakistan.

Audience was welcomed by Fauzia Minallah, Member, Board of Directors CLF. She informed the audience of all the different activities such as book launches, workshops, theatre that the two day festival held for them.

Fauzia Minallah’s welcome speech was followed by the CLF Taraana “Humay Kitab Chaiheye” sung by children from the Kalash Dur School, children from Master Ayub’s school and Rakae Jamil.

Traditional dance was performed by the Kalash Dur Students to the beautiful Kalash music. The literature part of the festival was inaugurated by students of Al Makhdoom Special Education Institute who read and painted along with Fauzia Minallah.

Haseena Moin, leading playwright, congratulated ITA and OUP for organizing a success event. She stated how such festivals focus on the future of a country. Another key speaker, Rumana Husain, Member, Board of Directors, recited a poem titled “Tot Batot Keh Mehmaan” by Sufi Tabassum for the children.

Mr. Pierre Mayaudon, Deputy European Union Ambassador to Pakistan, stated how proud he is of the movement started by CLF. He also referred to Malala who stated that all the children of Pakistan need is a book and a pen.

Ameena Saiyid (OBE), Co-Founder CLF and Managing Director of Oxford University of Press told the children how love for books can take them to any place and any era. Senior Programme Officer Open Society Foundations, Nargis Sultana said that books should be such that provoke creativity, critical thinking and knowledge within children. She also stressed on the work of mobile libraries.

In the end, Baela Raza Jamil, Founder CLF and Director Programmes Idara-e-Taleem-O-Agahi, inaugurated CLF with the national anthem of Pakistan.

STORY TELLING

Storytelling is one of the most imperative feature of Children’s Literature Festival. It introduces children to different stories which are read to them in various ways such as with music, props, singing etc by the storytellers. CLF Islamabad had innumerable storytelling sessions which were conducted by storytellers not only from all over Pakistan but also, from its neighboring country, India. These included sessions by Chintan Girish Modi, Rumana Husain, Amra Alam, Asad Mian, Nadine Murtaza, Khursheed Hyder, Abbas Husain, Hamza Lari, Hira Ilyas, Zambeel Dramtic Readings, Adeel Hashmi, Sehar Tariq, Shaheera Moin, Zayneb Moin, Shahrukh Mohiuddin, Zuha Ansari, Sania Shahid, and Asad Umar.

POETRY

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Poetry sessions at Children’s Literature Festival encompass poets from diverse cultures of Pakistan that share poems of different languages with the children, encourage children to write poetry with the poets help, teach poetry structures to the children.

At Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad, local poetess, Kishwar Naheed recited Iqbal’s famous poem “Lub pay ati hai dua baan kar tamana meri” to the children. Moreover, she created poems with the audience giving them a sentence to start from. In another poetry session, Shahid Siddiqui motivated children to construct poems with the words provided to them by him.

PUPPET SHOW

Every children’s literature festival hosts puppet shows for children of younger age group. Farooq Qaiser, the man behind the famous ‘Uncle Sargam’ and his team performed a puppet show on book piracy and literacy in the country. Show attracted large number of children both the days.

MURAL AND ART PAINTINGS

Art is a significant part of the Children’s Literature Festival. Mural painting was carried out by Fauzia Minallah where children were asked to paint on different topics. Haji Habib-ur-Rehman, Ejaz Ullah Mughal and Niaz engaged children by showing them the art of pottery making.

THEATRE

Taya Online, ATV’s theatre group, did a theatre performance through which they conveyed the importance of education. The team used various techniques such as humor to keep the audience captivated.

MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Children’s Literature Festival aims to promote children’s talent and hence, provided a platform for children to showcase their musical skill. Mian and the Mithus, a musical group from Headstart, sang songs that have been written and composed by the group, accompanied with several instruments. Sunil Kumar, age13, along with his father, from Cholistan, sang famous songs and qawalis entertaining both adults and children. Waleed Akram, Usman Rana, Nazar Abbas, Muzammil Hussain and Kashif ali along with Rakae Jamil performed popular numbers such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘Tu Mera Dil’, etc. Each performance ended with a huge round of applause and another song request.

DIGITAL STORY

Children’s Literature Festival hosts digital story sessions in order to educate children through a different approach. Fauzia Minallah and Samar Minallah highlighted important social issues to children with the help of multimedia. Nigar Nazar displayed cartoon illustrations and animations for the children.

RECLAIMING HERITAGE AND DIVERSITY

It is imperative for children to be aware of their country’s history and thus, the festival greatly emphasizes on these sessions. Numerous sessions were held by resource persons highlighting the history of Pakistan such as

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Sheherazade Alam’s session on Harappa that involved children working with clay and Nasreen Iqbal’s session on Quaiz e Azam. Another session titled as “Protecting our culture, literature and language” was held with Bakhtawar Shah, Teacher at the Kalash Dur School, moderated by Baela Raza Jamil, Director Program at Idara-e-Taleem-o-aagahi where various aspects of Kalash Valley were discussed such as language, education, festivals. It was surprisingly to see how few of the members in the audience had visited Kalash. Discussion was followed by questions by teachers such as the decreasing population of the Valley, religion of the people, etc.

WORKSHOPS

Creative writing workshops were held by Amra Alam and Sehar Tariq both the days where children did various exercise. Another workshop on how to illustrate a book was conducted by Oxford University Press where children made countless books in two days. Azka Khan did workshops both the days on road safety and IQ Genius with primary school children.

PLENARY SESSION S

Plenary sessions are held at the CLF to focus on important issues regarding education. Panelists discuss the issue, causes of the issues, and possible solutions. Several plenary sessions were organized over the two day period on different topics such as ‘Curriculum & Textbooks- problems and resolutions for 21st century’ in which the panel included Asad Karim, Ameena Saiyid, Mehnaz Aziz , Faisal Bari, Mehnaz Aziz and Jamil Bajwa, “Promoting libraries and reading through innovation in Pakistan” where panel included Dr Faheem Abbasi, Yaminay Chaudhry, Ammar Khalid, Saima Rehman Doagar and was moderated by Basarat Kazim. Plenary session on Article 25-A titled “Article 25-A: Right to education from access to quality learning for all” had Baela Raza Jamil, Mosharraf Zaidi, Nargis Sultana, Zehra Arshad and Saeed Ul Hassan on the panel. The session was moderated by Zaynah Gillani. Panel on “Brokering peace , tolerance and citizenship in our classrooms” included Chitan Girish Modi, Ammar Khalid and was moderated by Rumana Husain. “A conversation on the role of media in popularizing and unlocking the power of reading” had Nasim Zehra, Mosharraf Zaidi, Tahira Abdullah, Ameena Saiyid as panelists and Faisal Bari as the moderator.

BOOK LAUNCHES

At each Children’s Literature Festival, numerous books for children of all age groups are launched featuring interesting and imperative subject matter for them. CLF Islamabad saw many book launches such as Saman Shamsie’s book “The Magical Woods” moderated by Zainab Omar, Hamida Khuhro’s “A Children’s History of Balochistan” moderated by Zobaida Jalaj and Ameena Saiyid, “Simurgh and the Birds and our Sheikh Saadi” by Fahmida Riaz moderated by Basarat Kazim, Oxford Reading Treasures by Oxford University Press where Tayyaba Aquil was present as discussant, Learning Maths Through Stories by Bushra Sahab and many more.

The 5th Edition of Uran Tashtaree was also launched at CLF Islamabad by editor, Amra Alam. Uran Tashtaree is a bi-monthly magazine for children where material is contributed by the children. Rumana Husain’s three books were launched, titled “Layla aur Munni Gudia”, first CLF publication, which was moderated by Haseena Moin, “Rani and the Mela (Village Tales)”, “Mohtrama Fatima Jinnah (Tasveeri Kahani Silsila)”.

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“Amai and the Banyan Tree” and “Bano, Billo and Amai: The Paper Doll” by Fauzia Minallah both were launched at CLF Islamabad moderated by Rumana Husain and Sheherazade Alam.

BOL KAY LUB AZAD HAIN TERAY (SPEAK FOR YOUR LIPS ARE FREE)

Bol kay lub azad hain teray (speak for your lips are free) is a session at the CLF where two children from each school recite poetry/story written by themselves. Children are divided in two age groups; 5 to 11 and 12 to 17. At CLF Islamabad, many children from different schools participated in the Bol Keh Lub Azad Hain Teray session. These recitations were judged by Federal College of Education teachers.

MULTI EXPERIENCE STALLS

Many multi experience stalls were set up by various teams and organizations, both indoor and outdoor. These stalls conducted fascinating activities throughout the day for children of all age groups. Jugnoo Tv conducted sessions all day with children relating use of technology. Kuch Khaas hosted different activities such as Talent Hunt, Games and so forth. Bacha Bawarchi stall by Laajverd invited children to cook with the resource persons. Alif Laila performed the story of Arabian Nights with the children both the days. Habib Bank Limited had a huge stall where children took part in many games and activities. Art, awareness and other activities were carried out by Active Youth Organization all day. Citizens Archive of Pakistan had a unique stall where cross border correspondence between Indian and Pakistani students were exhibited. Stall by Teletaleem offered activities and games to the children throughout the day.

CLOSING CEREMONY

The 14th Children’s Literature Festival came to an end on 3rd May, 2014. Closing ceremony of the Festival comprised of hundreds of children, numerous teachers, resource persons, partners of CLF and sponsors of CLF. Ceremony started with participants of CLF such as Chintan Girish Modi, Shahid Shah from Government High Secondary School Swat, Student from Federal College of Education sharing their experience of Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad, 2014.

Speeches by Rashda Fatima, Director of Federal College of Education, Ameena Saiyid (OBE) Co-Founder CLF and Managing Director at OUP and Nargis Sultana, Senior Programme Officer Open Society Foundations followed after.

Baela Raza Jamil, Founder CLF and Director Programmes Idara-e-Taleem-O-Agahi, announced the Banner Competition winners which are as following :

For 2nd May, 2014, first position for the banner competition went to J E S Laiquat Campus Taxila. Second prize went to Educators G-10/2, Islamabad and third position went to Great Beginners Islamabad. For 3rd May 2014, banner competition J E S Liaquat Campus Taxila won the first position again whereas Army Public School EME Campus Rawalpindi got second position and Dawn Education System got the 3rd position.

Ceremony ended with Baela Raza Jamil thanking the resource persons, partners, sponsors and her team of CLF for making it a great social movement.

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COMMENTS ABOUT CLF

COMMENTS FROM RESOURCE PERSONS

“It has always been an honor to be part of this colorful, entertaining and inspiring initiative. Its lovely to witness the growth of CLF with each passing year.” - Samar Minallah

“Felt honoured to have participated in such a noble venture”- Zainab Omar

“It has been an honor and a memorable experience. Thanks for making me a part of it.”- Afshan Huma

“It was magical” – Nadine Murtaza

“It was an honour and a privilege to be a part of CLF. I wish you all the success in the coming years. Keep up the good work!”- Taimur Rehman

“Congratulations on organizing such a wonderful literary Mela for children.”- Zehra Arshad

“Another successful CLF”- Mashal Masroor Qasim

“The CLF was such a wonderful opportunity to meet incredible people.”- Yaminay Chaudhry

“Only Baela’s vision and your team’s hard work can produce such results. Congratulations”- Sohail Bhatti

“Once again CLF has done a fantastic job. The energy generated will continue to infuse the students,teachers and schools and unlock their minds,opening windows to new ideas. Congratulations and a big thank you to the entire team and the partners. The TLF was a great experience.” - Nasreen Iqbal “THANK YOU ALL!! it was such a joy! I thought the VENUE was particularly suitable, the ENERGY, COLOR, ENTHUSIASM, and all the little details were superb. Congratulations!!!” ---Sheherazade Alam

“It is indeed an honor to be a part of TLF/CLF movement. Acknowledging your exceptional zeal in making these events so extraordinary. Keep going!” --- Batool Nasir

COMMENTS FROM SCHOOLS

“Great event to enhance reading culture”- United Public School

“Good effort for a ‘Big Change’”- Exploreville Schools Westridge Campus Rawalpindi

“Such a nice event to give us an opportunity to learn” --- Federal College of Education

“Delighted to be part of TLF”- SSMS

“Waiting for next festival”--- JES Taxila Campus

“Really nice experience” ---City School

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CHALLENGES FACED DURING ISLAMABAD FESTIVAL

Although Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad was a huge success, various difficulties were faced by the team.

Firstly, as the venue for the festival is not centrally situated, many schools and colleges had problems with the directions.

Secondly, due to constant load shedding, great complexities were encountered. Although, there were generators, multimedia and sound system settings would be distorted after almost every hour.

Furthermore, as the festival was held in the month of May, temperature all three days was extremely high. Team had to take various measures in order to control the heat.

Lack of space in the main ground was another dilemma countered by the CLF team. Opening ceremony received thousands of children, many of which had to stand on the concrete area as the ground was over crowded.

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MEDIA COVERAGE

A Public Relations Consultancy Company ‘Mediators’ was hired by CLF Islamabad, 2014. For this purpose, given below is the updated total coverage of the 3 days of Children's Literature Festival (CLF Islamabad-2014) along with scanned news clippings and web links.

PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE: CURTAIN RAISER (30.04.14)

Below is the Media Coverage of the curtain raiser of TLF and CLF which was issued to the media on April 30, 2014 has so far appeared in the following publications on May 1, 2014:

1. Dawn Pg# 18: The 13th Children Literature Festival http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=30_04_2014_152_005

2. The News Pg# 13: Capital’s first-ever Teachers’ Literature Festival today http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-247395-Capitals-first-ever-Teachers-Literatu

3. Pakistan Today Pg# 6: A literary delicacy to tickle teachers’ taste buds http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/05/01/city/islamabad/a-literary-delicacy-to-tickle-teachers- taste-buds/

4. Daily Times Pg# B-1: First ‘Teachers Literature Festival’ starts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/01-May-2014/first-teachers-literature-festival-starts

5. Business Recorder Pg# 5: Teachers Literature Festival being celebrated today http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1178487/

6. Frontier Post Pg# 6: Capital first ever Teachers Literature Festival today http://thefrontierpost.com/article/92805/Capital-first-ever-Teachers-Literature-Festival-today/

7. Express Tribune Pg# 14: Capital’s first-ever TLF kicks off today http://tribune.com.pk/story/702503/books-galore-capitals-first-ever-tlf-kicks-off-today/

8. The Nation Pg# 14: TLF set to start today http://www.nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Islamabad/2014-05-01/page-14/detail-11

9. Dunya Pg# 2: 3 day literature festival from today http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-01&edition=ISL&id=1034191_26705542

10. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: First-ever TLF kicks off today http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F010514%2FP11-02.jpg#sthash.g2OMzuzY.dpbs

11. Nai Baat Pg# 2: First-ever TLF starts today http://www.naibaat.com.pk/ePaper/islamabad/01-05-2014/details.aspx?id=p2_10.jpg

12. Nawaiwaqt Pg# 3: First-ever TLF starts today at Federal College of Education http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/islamabad/2014-05-01/page-3

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PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE: TLF (01-05-2014)

Below is the Media Coverage of TLF which was issued to the media on May 01, 2014 has so far appeared in the following publications on May 2, 2014:

1. Dawn Pg# 15: Taking special care of challenged children http://www.dawn.com/news/1103616/taking-special-care-of-challenged-children

2. Dawn Pg# 17: Teachers herald children festival https://www.dawn.com/news/1103663/teachers-herald-children-festival

3. The News Pg# 20: 5,000 attend Teachers Literature Festival http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-247575-5000-attend-Teachers-Literature-Festival

4. Daily Times Pg# B-1: Children’s Literature Festival starts today http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/02-May-2014/children-s-literature-festival-starts-today

5. Express Tribune Pg# 13: Teachers literature Festival http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105020460&EN_ID=11201105020158& EMID=11201105020073

6. Express Tribune Pg# 14: Tackling society problems through introspection http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105020469&EN_ID=11201105020161& EMID=11201105020074

7. Express Tribune Pg# 14: Zobaida Jalal while talking about inclusive education system http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105020466&EN_ID=11201105020160& EMID=11201105020074

8. Express Tribune Pg# 14: Children Literature Festival http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105020467&EN_ID=11201105020160& EMID=11201105020074

9. The Nation Pg# 14: Multiple creativities start at TLF http://www.nation.com.pk/national/02-May-2014/8-more-peacocks-die-of-newcastle-in- tharparkar?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20pakistan-news- newspaper-daily-english-online/24hours-news%20(The%20Nation%20:%20Latest%20News)

10. Frontier Post Pg# 06: First ever Teachers Literature Festival Over 5000 educationists participate http://thefrontierpost.com/articleprint/92987/First-ever-Teachers-Literature-Festival-Over-5000- educationists-participate/

11. The Patriot Pg# 2: Children Literature Festival to be inaugurated today http://www.dailythepatriot.com/index.php

12. Jang Pg# 2: Reading can help in peace building http://e.jang.com.pk/05-02-2014/pindi/pic.asp?picname=413.gif

13. Nawaiwaqt Pg# 3: Writers, speakers, historians attended Teachers Literature Festival http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/islamabad/2014-05-02/page-3

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14. Metrowatch Pg# 1: National and International writers attended the festival http://epaper.metrowatch.com.pk/newspaper/2014/05/02/

15. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Teachers Literature Festival kicks off today http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-02&edition=ISL&id=1036192_95762684

16. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Photo Release http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-02&edition=ISL&id=1036205_22058698

17. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: Teachers Literature Festival kicks off today http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/epaper/islamabad/020514/P11-10.jpg

18. Jehan Pakistan Pg#11: Photo Release http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F020514%2FP11-11.jpg#sthash.kawFyLad.dpbs

19. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 9: Photo Release: http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F020514%2FP9-07.jpg#sthash.YcUfWeV8.dpbs

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PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE: CLF DAY-1 (02-05-2014)

Below is the Media Coverage of CLF- Day 1 which was issued to the media on May 02, 2014 has so far appeared in the following publications on May 3, 2014:

1. Dawn Pg# 19: History is finding out who we are http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=03_05_2014_153_004

2. Dawn Pg# 19: A variety of programmes for children http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=03_05_2014_153_003

3. Express Tribune Pg# 13: Saving Future: Ameena Saiyid http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105030417&EN_ID=11201105030136& EMID=11201105030074

4. Express Tribune Pg# 13: Top Quote: Adeel Hashmi http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105030413&EN_ID=11201105030135& EMID=11201105030074

5. Express Tribune Pg# 14: Children queue up for fun- filled education at CLF http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105030419&EN_ID=11201105030137& EMID=11201105030075

6. Daily Times Pg# B-1: Children throng the literature festival http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/03-May-2014/children-throng-the-literature-festival

7. The Nation Pg# 13: CLF pulls thousands to interactive sessions http://www.nation.com.pk/islamabad/03-May-2014/clf-pulls-thousands-to-interactive-sessions

8. Pakistan observer Pg# 9: Children Literature Festival brings hope, joy to kids http://www.pakobserver.net/?p=817

9. The News Pg# 20: Thousands of children throng the literature festival http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-247788-Thousands-of-children-throng-literature-festival

10. Daily Jang Pg# 2: Children Literature Festival starts today http://e.jang.com.pk/05-03-2014/pindi/pic.asp?picname=417.gif

11. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Children Literature Festival starts today http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-03&edition=ISL&id=1039297_35678678 12. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: National and International writers participated in Teachers Literature Festival

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13. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: Photo Release http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F030514%2Fp11-20.jpg#sthash.GJTiktl7.dpbs

14. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: 2 Day Islamabad Children Literature Festival http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F030514%2Fp11-7.jpg#sthash.Z9T9rM6u.dpbs

15. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 11: Photo Release http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F030514%2Fp11-26.jpg#sthash.iU6g9tZg.dpbs

16. Nawaiwaqt Pg# 3: 14th Children Literature Festival starts today http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/islamabad/2014-05-03/page-3

17. Metrowatch Pg# 1: Writers participated in Teachers Literature Festival http://epaper.metrowatch.com.pk/newspaper/2014/05/03/

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PRINT MEDIA COVERAGE: CLF DAY-2 (03-05-2014)

Below is the Media Coverage of CLF- Day 2 which was issued to the media on May 03, 2014 has so far appeared in the following publications on May 4, 2014:

1. Dawn Pg# 19: Importance of storytelling highlighted http://www.dawn.com/news/1104010

2. Dawn Pg# 19: Learning to solve everyday conflicts http://www.dawn.com/news/1104011

3. The News Pg# 13: A milestone of over 30,000 participants http://e.thenews.com.pk/pindi/5-4-2014/page13.asp

4. The Nation Pg# 13: Literature- lovers set record http://www.nation.com.pk/islamabad/04-May-2014/literature-lovers-set-recordExpress Tribune Pg# 13: Top quote

5. The Nation Pg# 13: Photo Release http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105040390&EN_ID=11201105040130& EMID=11201105040073

6. Express Tribune Pg# 13: Ameena Saiyid’s quote http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105040394&EN_ID=11201105040131& EMID=11201105040073

7. Express Tribune Pg# 15: Galaxy of literary figures, artists show up on last day http://74.205.74.128:88/DisplayDetails.aspx?ENI_ID=11201105040400&EN_ID=11201105040134& EMID=11201105040075

8. Business Recorder Pg# 3: CLF ends by crossing 30,000 milestone figure http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1179387/

9. Daily Times Pg# B-1: CLF ends by crossing 30,000 milestone http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/islamabad/04-May-2014/clf-ends-by-crossing-30-000-milestone

10. The Patriot Pg# 2: CLF ends by crossing 30,000 milestone http://www.dailythepatriot.com/newsarchive.php?search=04/05/2014

11. Frontier Post Pg# 6: CLF ends by crossing 30,000 milestone http://thefrontierpost.com/article/169311/Oxford-University-Press-ITA-holds-festival-CLF-ends-by- crossing-30000-milestone/

12. Daily Jang Pg# 2: CLF ends http://e.jang.com.pk/05-04-2014/pindi/pic.asp?picname=02_11.gif

13. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 9: Photo Release

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14. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 9: CLF ends by crossing 30,000 milestone http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F040514%2FP9-28.jpg#sthash.RqYFM4Wr.dpbs

15. Jehan Pakistan Pg# 9: Photo Release http://www.jehanpakistan.com/epaper/detail_news.php?news=%2Fepaper%2Fepaper%2Fislamabad% 2F040514%2FP9-08.jpg#sthash.e3yaaD7D.dpbs

16. Daily Jinnah Pg# 2: Photo Release http://www.dailyjinnah.com/islamabad/2014/May/04/?pg=2

17. Daily K-2 Pg# 2: Photo Release http://www.dailyk2.com/index.php?pid=2&eid=1&nid=1&tnid=4372&date=1399176000

18. Daily K-2 Pg# 3: CLF ends http://www.dailyk2.com/index.php?pid=3&eid=1&nid=1&tnid=4372&date=1399176000

19. Daily K-2 Pg# 3: Photo Release http://www.dailyk2.com/index.php?pid=3&eid=1&nid=1&tnid=4372&date=1399176000

20. Metrowatch Pg# 1: 2 day CLF ends http://epaper.metrowatch.com.pk/newspaper/2014/05/04/

21. Metrowatch Pg# 8: Photo Release http://epaper.metrowatch.com.pk/newspaper/2014/05/04/?pg=8

22. Daily Express Pg# 2: Photo Release http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1102194152&Issue=NP_ISB&Date=201 40504

23. Daily Express Pg# 2: CLF ends http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1102194156&Issue=NP_ISB&Date=201 40504

24. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Photo Release http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-04&edition=ISL&id=1040442_40266978

25. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Children Literature Festival ends http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-04&edition=ISL&id=1040416_24863005

26. Daily Dunya Pg# 2: Need of literature festival http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2014-05-04&edition=ISL&id=1040421_98574018

27. Nawaiwaqt Pg# 11: Photo Release http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/islamabad/2014-05-04/page-11

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Program Cards

TEACHER’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL (1ST MAY, 2014)

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL (2ND MAY, 2014)

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FESTIVAL ( 3RD MAY, 2014)

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PHOTO GALLERY

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