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📅 We can't wait to see everyone at Lakeer Kahaniyan Lahore! This will be an open-mic evening, with some of our contributors reading as well.
⏰ 15 Feb | 6pm
📍 The Last Word Bookstore, Lahore
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg، above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
⏰ 15 Feb | 6pm
📍 The Last Word Bookstore, Lahore
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg، above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
📅 We can't wait to see everyone at Lakeer Kahaniyan Lahore! This will be an open-mic evening, with some of our contributors reading as well.
⏰ 15 Feb | 6pm
📍 The Last Word Bookstore, Lahore
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg، above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
⏰ 15 Feb | 6pm
📍 The Last Word Bookstore, Lahore
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg، above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
'The Marchers Have Reached the Capital' by Sakina Hassan, in Lakeer Magazine's Spring 2024 issue.
Read the full poem here:
lakeermag.com/the-marchers/
Read the full poem here:
lakeermag.com/the-marchers/
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM
'The Marchers Have Reached the Capital' by Sakina Hassan, in Lakeer Magazine's Spring 2024 issue.
Read the full poem here:
lakeermag.com/the-marchers/
Read the full poem here:
lakeermag.com/the-marchers/
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
'Unrest' by Zuneera Shah, a short story we published in our first issue, in autumn 2023.
Read the complete story here:
lakeermag.com/unrest
Read the complete story here:
lakeermag.com/unrest
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
'Unrest' by Zuneera Shah, a short story we published in our first issue, in autumn 2023.
Read the complete story here:
lakeermag.com/unrest
Read the complete story here:
lakeermag.com/unrest
🌟 We are thrilled that our next Lakeer Kahaniyan event will be in Lahore!
Free admission! Registration required.
🌟 Date: 15 February 2026
🌟 Venue: The Last Word Books
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg, above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
🌟 Time: 6pm - 7:30pm
Details⬇️
Free admission! Registration required.
🌟 Date: 15 February 2026
🌟 Venue: The Last Word Books
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg, above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
🌟 Time: 6pm - 7:30pm
Details⬇️
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
🌟 We are thrilled that our next Lakeer Kahaniyan event will be in Lahore!
Free admission! Registration required.
🌟 Date: 15 February 2026
🌟 Venue: The Last Word Books
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg, above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
🌟 Time: 6pm - 7:30pm
Details⬇️
Free admission! Registration required.
🌟 Date: 15 February 2026
🌟 Venue: The Last Word Books
9 A Main Blvd Gulberg, above Third Culture Coffee, Block K Gulberg 2, Lahore
🌟 Time: 6pm - 7:30pm
Details⬇️
Cymraeg/Welsh: Against All Odds
قمبری/ویلش: ایک زبان سو رکاوٹیں
One of the poems that Hammad Rind has translated for Avaaz, into Urdu from Welsh, is 'Marwnad i ieithoedd' by Menna Elfyn. The Urdu title is زبانوں کا مرثیہ.
lakeermag.com/avaaz-welsh/
@hammadrind.bsky.social
قمبری/ویلش: ایک زبان سو رکاوٹیں
One of the poems that Hammad Rind has translated for Avaaz, into Urdu from Welsh, is 'Marwnad i ieithoedd' by Menna Elfyn. The Urdu title is زبانوں کا مرثیہ.
lakeermag.com/avaaz-welsh/
@hammadrind.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Cymraeg/Welsh: Against All Odds
قمبری/ویلش: ایک زبان سو رکاوٹیں
One of the poems that Hammad Rind has translated for Avaaz, into Urdu from Welsh, is 'Marwnad i ieithoedd' by Menna Elfyn. The Urdu title is زبانوں کا مرثیہ.
lakeermag.com/avaaz-welsh/
@hammadrind.bsky.social
قمبری/ویلش: ایک زبان سو رکاوٹیں
One of the poems that Hammad Rind has translated for Avaaz, into Urdu from Welsh, is 'Marwnad i ieithoedd' by Menna Elfyn. The Urdu title is زبانوں کا مرثیہ.
lakeermag.com/avaaz-welsh/
@hammadrind.bsky.social
'Judy, Judith, No Holofernes' by Sara Javed Rathore, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
lakeermag.com/judy-judith/
lakeermag.com/judy-judith/
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
'Judy, Judith, No Holofernes' by Sara Javed Rathore, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
lakeermag.com/judy-judith/
lakeermag.com/judy-judith/
Thank you to everyone who attended Lakeer Kahaniyan on Nov 16! We had a wonderful gathering. Thank you to the attendees, and to Fatima Sajjad, Fatima Shafi and Maliha Hasan.
Here's Irta Usman reading from a new short story.
Here's Irta Usman reading from a new short story.
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Thank you to everyone who attended Lakeer Kahaniyan on Nov 16! We had a wonderful gathering. Thank you to the attendees, and to Fatima Sajjad, Fatima Shafi and Maliha Hasan.
Here's Irta Usman reading from a new short story.
Here's Irta Usman reading from a new short story.
The ninth column of Poetic Renditions is a wonderful array of translations, from Urdu to English, of a ghazal by Nasir Kazmi.
Guest edited by Naima Rashid, with translations by Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/prcolumn9
Guest edited by Naima Rashid, with translations by Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/prcolumn9
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The ninth column of Poetic Renditions is a wonderful array of translations, from Urdu to English, of a ghazal by Nasir Kazmi.
Guest edited by Naima Rashid, with translations by Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/prcolumn9
Guest edited by Naima Rashid, with translations by Amna Ali Khan, Ali Arif, Siddiqua Fatima Virji
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/prcolumn9
From 'The Edge', a short story by Fatima Sajjad, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
Read the story in full here:
lakeermag.com/the-edge
Read the story in full here:
lakeermag.com/the-edge
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
From 'The Edge', a short story by Fatima Sajjad, in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine.
Read the story in full here:
lakeermag.com/the-edge
Read the story in full here:
lakeermag.com/the-edge
The second column of Poetic Renditions includes translations into Urdu of Naomi Shihab Nye's deeply affecting poem, 'Making a Fist'.
This column was edited by Iraj Toosy, with translations by Taran Khan, Asad Hussain, Sukhan, and Iqra Khan.
This column was edited by Iraj Toosy, with translations by Taran Khan, Asad Hussain, Sukhan, and Iqra Khan.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The second column of Poetic Renditions includes translations into Urdu of Naomi Shihab Nye's deeply affecting poem, 'Making a Fist'.
This column was edited by Iraj Toosy, with translations by Taran Khan, Asad Hussain, Sukhan, and Iqra Khan.
This column was edited by Iraj Toosy, with translations by Taran Khan, Asad Hussain, Sukhan, and Iqra Khan.
Read 'پچھل لکھت', Waqas Manzoor's Punjabi translation of Marie Howe's poem 'Postscript', in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine:
lakeermagazine.com/pichal-likhat
lakeermagazine.com/pichal-likhat
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Read 'پچھل لکھت', Waqas Manzoor's Punjabi translation of Marie Howe's poem 'Postscript', in Issue Six of Lakeer Magazine:
lakeermagazine.com/pichal-likhat
lakeermagazine.com/pichal-likhat
The November edition of Chowk is full of thoughtful explorations of 'Boundaries/Borders - سرحدیں/حدود':
Read the November edition here:
lakeermag.com/chowk2025
Read the November edition here:
lakeermag.com/chowk2025
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The November edition of Chowk is full of thoughtful explorations of 'Boundaries/Borders - سرحدیں/حدود':
Read the November edition here:
lakeermag.com/chowk2025
Read the November edition here:
lakeermag.com/chowk2025
Earlier this year, Rabia Malik had an in-depth conversation with artist Sayera Anwar.
Read the full interview here:
lakeermag.com/interview-sa...
Read the full interview here:
lakeermag.com/interview-sa...
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Earlier this year, Rabia Malik had an in-depth conversation with artist Sayera Anwar.
Read the full interview here:
lakeermag.com/interview-sa...
Read the full interview here:
lakeermag.com/interview-sa...
An excerpt from Maaz Ahmed's personal essay, 'October of Sonipat', about virtual borders in close friendships, published in Chowk 2025.
Read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/maaz-ahmed-o...
@maazahmedddd
#essay #pakistaniwriters #chowklakeer
Read the full essay here:
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@maazahmedddd
#essay #pakistaniwriters #chowklakeer
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
An excerpt from Maaz Ahmed's personal essay, 'October of Sonipat', about virtual borders in close friendships, published in Chowk 2025.
Read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/maaz-ahmed-o...
@maazahmedddd
#essay #pakistaniwriters #chowklakeer
Read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/maaz-ahmed-o...
@maazahmedddd
#essay #pakistaniwriters #chowklakeer
We told you our line up is 🔥. Meet our readers for our upcoming virtual event, Lakeer Kahaniyan, on November 16, Sunday at 8pm Pakistan Time:
Irta Usman
Muneeb Ilyas
Saad Jabbar
Irta Usman
Muneeb Ilyas
Saad Jabbar
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We told you our line up is 🔥. Meet our readers for our upcoming virtual event, Lakeer Kahaniyan, on November 16, Sunday at 8pm Pakistan Time:
Irta Usman
Muneeb Ilyas
Saad Jabbar
Irta Usman
Muneeb Ilyas
Saad Jabbar
One month left to submit to our Summer 2026 Special Issue!
Send us your fiction, poetry, essays, short plays, photography/art, centering the idea of 'Food (in)security in Pakistan'.
Guidelines here:
lakeermag.com/submissions
Last date: November 30
We're looking forward to your work!
Send us your fiction, poetry, essays, short plays, photography/art, centering the idea of 'Food (in)security in Pakistan'.
Guidelines here:
lakeermag.com/submissions
Last date: November 30
We're looking forward to your work!
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One month left to submit to our Summer 2026 Special Issue!
Send us your fiction, poetry, essays, short plays, photography/art, centering the idea of 'Food (in)security in Pakistan'.
Guidelines here:
lakeermag.com/submissions
Last date: November 30
We're looking forward to your work!
Send us your fiction, poetry, essays, short plays, photography/art, centering the idea of 'Food (in)security in Pakistan'.
Guidelines here:
lakeermag.com/submissions
Last date: November 30
We're looking forward to your work!
Faizan Ahmad shares his beautiful photography in his essay 'Lahore Between Two Trains: Then and Now'. You can read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/lahore-between
lakeermag.com/lahore-between
October 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Faizan Ahmad shares his beautiful photography in his essay 'Lahore Between Two Trains: Then and Now'. You can read the full essay here:
lakeermag.com/lahore-between
lakeermag.com/lahore-between
From Durre Shahwar's essay, 'Reflections on Jagged Movements', in Issue Six.
Read the full essay here, on what informs - consciously and subconsciously - the ways we allow ourselves to move:
lakeermag.com/reflections/
Read the full essay here, on what informs - consciously and subconsciously - the ways we allow ourselves to move:
lakeermag.com/reflections/
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
From Durre Shahwar's essay, 'Reflections on Jagged Movements', in Issue Six.
Read the full essay here, on what informs - consciously and subconsciously - the ways we allow ourselves to move:
lakeermag.com/reflections/
Read the full essay here, on what informs - consciously and subconsciously - the ways we allow ourselves to move:
lakeermag.com/reflections/
'1974, Ali vs Foreman' by Jaweerya Mohammad.
Read this brilliant poem in full here:
lakeermag.com/1974-alivforeman
Read this brilliant poem in full here:
lakeermag.com/1974-alivforeman
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
'1974, Ali vs Foreman' by Jaweerya Mohammad.
Read this brilliant poem in full here:
lakeermag.com/1974-alivforeman
Read this brilliant poem in full here:
lakeermag.com/1974-alivforeman
The surreal world of Ishma Fahim's art in Issue Six:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's/#ishmaart
#literarymagazine #art #lakeermagazine
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's/#ishmaart
#literarymagazine #art #lakeermagazine
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The surreal world of Ishma Fahim's art in Issue Six:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's/#ishmaart
#literarymagazine #art #lakeermagazine
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's/#ishmaart
#literarymagazine #art #lakeermagazine
From Manahil Tahira's short story, 'Naag Phalli's Miracle', in Issue Six.
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
From Manahil Tahira's short story, 'Naag Phalli's Miracle', in Issue Six.
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's
Read it here:
lakeermag.com/naag-phalli's
💥 OUT NOW: Issue Six, Autumn 2025, Lakeer Magazine.
Thank you to all the wonderful contributors:
💥 Fiction: Tayyba Kanwal, Nuzhat Nisar, Manahil Tahira, Fatima Sajjad
💥 Essays: Durre Shahwar, Faizan Ahmad
Read the issue here:
lakeermag.com/issue-six
Thank you to all the wonderful contributors:
💥 Fiction: Tayyba Kanwal, Nuzhat Nisar, Manahil Tahira, Fatima Sajjad
💥 Essays: Durre Shahwar, Faizan Ahmad
Read the issue here:
lakeermag.com/issue-six
October 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
💥 OUT NOW: Issue Six, Autumn 2025, Lakeer Magazine.
Thank you to all the wonderful contributors:
💥 Fiction: Tayyba Kanwal, Nuzhat Nisar, Manahil Tahira, Fatima Sajjad
💥 Essays: Durre Shahwar, Faizan Ahmad
Read the issue here:
lakeermag.com/issue-six
Thank you to all the wonderful contributors:
💥 Fiction: Tayyba Kanwal, Nuzhat Nisar, Manahil Tahira, Fatima Sajjad
💥 Essays: Durre Shahwar, Faizan Ahmad
Read the issue here:
lakeermag.com/issue-six
SUBMIT to our Summer 2026 Special Issue!
We are looking for work about Food (In)Security in Pakistan due to
☀️ climate emergency
☀️ urbanization
☀️ migration
Send us your
☀️ fiction
☀️ poetry
☀️ essays
☀️ short plays (10 min long)
☀️ art
in Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.
Last date: Nov 30.
We are looking for work about Food (In)Security in Pakistan due to
☀️ climate emergency
☀️ urbanization
☀️ migration
Send us your
☀️ fiction
☀️ poetry
☀️ essays
☀️ short plays (10 min long)
☀️ art
in Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.
Last date: Nov 30.
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
SUBMIT to our Summer 2026 Special Issue!
We are looking for work about Food (In)Security in Pakistan due to
☀️ climate emergency
☀️ urbanization
☀️ migration
Send us your
☀️ fiction
☀️ poetry
☀️ essays
☀️ short plays (10 min long)
☀️ art
in Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.
Last date: Nov 30.
We are looking for work about Food (In)Security in Pakistan due to
☀️ climate emergency
☀️ urbanization
☀️ migration
Send us your
☀️ fiction
☀️ poetry
☀️ essays
☀️ short plays (10 min long)
☀️ art
in Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu and English.
Last date: Nov 30.
'Warm echoes, Hunza 2023' is part of a series of photographs by Mahnam Tanveer, called 'Four Doors'.
Check out her work here, in the September edition of Chowk:
lakeermag.com/mahnam-tanve...
Check out her work here, in the September edition of Chowk:
lakeermag.com/mahnam-tanve...
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
'Warm echoes, Hunza 2023' is part of a series of photographs by Mahnam Tanveer, called 'Four Doors'.
Check out her work here, in the September edition of Chowk:
lakeermag.com/mahnam-tanve...
Check out her work here, in the September edition of Chowk:
lakeermag.com/mahnam-tanve...