Thursday, 12 February 2026 | 5:00- 6:30 PM | Faculty Lounge, VC Office, LUMS The Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature hosted the book launch of Rebel English Academy by Mohammed Hanif. This powerful and darkly comic novel probes the entanglements of language, power, friendship, and protest under political repression. The event brought together students, faculty, and members of the wider literary community for an evening of conversation, reflection, and literary engagement. The event...

The Gurmani Centre for Language and Literature, in collaboration with the LUMS Literary Society, organized Sham-e-Faiz as a tribute to Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a central figure in twentieth-century Urdu poetry whose work engages themes of resistance, love, and social justice. The event featured Arshad Mehmood, composer and actor, and Nighat Chaudhry, a classical Kathak practitioner, as panelists reflecting on their engagements with Faiz’s life and work. Arshad Mehmood focused on his personal and...

Tuesday, 10 February 2026 | Alhamra, Lahore The British Council, in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, organized a two-day cultural forum titled Pakistan Heritage Exchange at Alhamra, Lahore. As part of this initiative, the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature collaborated on a panel session titled Speaking in Many Tongues: Region, Nation and Identity in Pakistan. The session examined the historical, political, and epistemic dimensions of language in...