In 1992, Lyari had 27 libraries, excluding the reading rooms. The number shrank to 11 in the early 2000s, and new books stopped coming in after 2005.

As reading shifts from shared print cultures to fragmented digital feeds, what happens to the common habits that once anchored public life?

Urdu books are experiencing an overwhelming response at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair, with the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) reporting tremendous demand. Director ...

It is while flipping through the yellowed pages of an old feedback register at Danish Mahal that I spot Manzoor Parwana. Seated quietly in his chair, sipping a glass of tea, the 77-year-old retired ...

The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language is organizing a massive Urdu Book Fair at Aligarh Muslim University from November 22-30. Over 60 publishers will participate, aiming to foster a ...

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Following this, Bilal Ahmad Sahib was invited to introduce a new application, Ayaat Search (https://ayaatsearch.com/), developed for both iOS and Android devices ...

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Engineers at NED University of Engineering and Technology claim to have developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered application that brings Urdu books to life. The app can convert printed Urdu text ...

URDU orthography, or the traditional spelling rules that govern the writing of Urdu language, has always been a bone of contention. It was Rasheed Hasan Khan (1925-2006 — his dates of birth and death ...

In the bustling heart of Old Delhi, Indian bookseller Mohammed Mahfooz Alam sits forlorn in his quiet store, among the last few selling literature in a language beloved by poets for centuries. Urdu, ...

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