Oxford University Press will launch its latest publication, Beloved City: Writings on Lahore, edited by the eminent novelist, Bapsi Sidhwa. This anthology brings together verse and prose: essays, stories, chronicles and profiles by people who have shared a relationship with Lahore.

Significant Pakistani writers like Intezar Hussein, Aamer Hussain, Kishwar Naheed, Bapsi Sidhwa, Sara Suleri, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Ashfaq Ahmed, have contributed to this volume.

Speakers at the launch will include Amberina Kazi, Muneeza Shamsie and Ameena Saiyid. Zia Mohyeddin, Bina Shah, M.P. Bhandara, and Bapsi Sidhwa will read out excerpts from the book at the function being held at the Beach Luxury Hotel, at 5.30 pm, on Wednesday (today).-PR

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