Ayaz Melo in Hyderabad has become a regular winter festival for notable literati from across the country. For nearly a decade now, women such as Amar Sindhu, Arfana Mallah, Haseen Musarrat and Zakia.
Amar Jaleelâs 2017 freedom of expression comments attract right-wing anger
Sindhi writer read out short story to make his point SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Apr 4, 2021 | Last Updated: 13 hours ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Apr 4, 2021 | Last Updated: 13 hours ago
Photo: Sindh Literature Festival 2017/Ali Gohar Langah
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A four-year-old 2:18 minute video of Sindhi writer Amar Jaleel reading one of his short stories to demonstrate a point about the lack of freedom of expression in Pakistan at a literature festival has attracted the ire of rightwing circles with one cleric openly calling for him to be murdered by offering millions of rupees in head money.