"For a country often drawn in newspapers as the backdrop of mosque and market bombings, troubled politics, and underdevelopment, the possibilities for literary expression are not grim; to the contrary, poetry seems to waft through every aspect of Pakistani life. As the 'fragrance that spreads everywhere in a subtle, almost imperceptible way, poetry transcends all borders and nationalities,' [Fakhar] Zaman tells us." Swetha Regunathan • Words Without Borders

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