Hyderabad Literature Festival is an annual literary gathering organized by Academy for Promotion of Art, Literature and Literacy (APAL) in Hyderabad,

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History

The festival was first held in April 2016 at Hyderabad Sports Club near Niaz Stadium Hyderabad for three days, from 15 to 17 April. The second event held in 2017 from 6-8 January in the Sindh Museum, Qasimabad, Hyderabad. A number of prominent public figures have participated in the event including politicians

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, Syed Sardar Ali Shah,

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, Sassui Palejo, journalists Naseer Mirza,

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, writers

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, Haleem Baghi and others. Third HLF was organized by APAL in collaboration with Culture, Tourism and Antiquates Department and Information and Archives Department, Sindh. It was held from 17-19 January 2018, at

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, Hyderabad. 30 sessions were conducted by renowned scholars, youth activists, prominent personalities and rising youngsters. Event occurred from 11-13 January, 2019 for the fourth time. This time talks surrounded around

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, an ...

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and other issues related with tourism in Sindh. Provincial minister of education in Sindh Syed Sardar Shah concluded the session. Event occurred for two days from 20 to 21 March in 2021 at

Hyderabad.

Festival

Event compromises of a number of sessions that aim at highlighting social issue of Sindh, Sindhi Culture, issues related with Sindhi language, developments in Sindhi literature. Book stalls, film screenings, '' mushaira'' sessions and musical sessions of folk singers are also arranged during event.

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