School Life

Pakistan News & Features Services A powerful and impactful conversation unfolded as literary trailblazers came together to reimagine the future of children’s literature. Renowned writers and editors-Mahboob Elahi Makhmoor (Monthly Anokhi Kahaniyan) and Hanif Sehr (Monthly School Life International) got together for a thought-provoking discussion with Syed Khalid Mahmood, Co-founder of the Karachi Festival of Books & Libraries and Chairman of Jumbo Publishing, alongside Yousra Fazil, the visionary Founder of Pakistan Kids Readers Club and CEO of Mission Admission Preparation Centre.  The plan is to reach out the children. From storytelling to fostering a love for reading, the session brimmed with groundbreaking ideas and initiatives. A wave of exciting projects for young readers seems on the way which were discussed at length during the meeting.  While the inaugural edition of the Karachi Festival of Books and Libraries (KFBL) in 2024 targeted the general audience, ...

Pakistan News & Features Services It is a common knowledge that Urdu literature for children has generally been promoted through storytelling sessions, awards, and publications. The monthly magazines like Naunehal, Anokhi Kahaniyan, Bachon Ki Dunya and School Life, among others in Pakistan, are rated among the finest in the promotion of Urdu literature.  Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. Globally, it is spoken as a first language by nearly 70 million people and as a second language by more than 100 million people.  It is spoken, understood and written in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States besides many other Middle Eastern, European and North American countries.  The Urdu readership, contrary to general belief, has continued to grow with the digitalization of contents and the advent of smartphones but life has indeed become more challenging for the print editions of books and magazines to survive, despite multiple benefits...

Pakistan News & Features Services Buoyed by the monumental success of the inaugural edition of the Karachi Festival of Books and Libraries (KFBL) in 2024, its co-founders, Aziz Memon and Syed Khalid Mahmood, have shown the inclination for launching an exclusive event to promote reading habits among the children.  In this connection, a meeting was recently convened at Delhi Montessori and Primary School, housed in Federal-B-Area, Karachi. It was presided over by Syed Khalid Mahmood, Co-founder, KFBL. Muhammad Nazakat Ali, Chief Editor, Karachi Observer, Abdul Hamid, Convenor, Friends of Libraries Pakistan (FLP), Syed Rashid Mahmood, Coordinator, KFBL, and Syed Arshad Ahmed, Member, KFBL Central Committee, attended the meeting alongwith a couple of eminent writers and authors for children, Hanif Sehr, Editor, School Life, and Mahboob Elahi Makhmoor, Editor, Anokhi Kahaniyan.  Hanif Sehr and Mahboob Elahi Makhmoor, both of them acclaimed as household names after having wr...

By Zara Waqas Dalai Lama had famously declared that happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. This quote has fascinated me immensely. I am sure that many of you like it too.  Happiness is a subjective phenomenon that everyone seeks in their own way. It varies from person to person and it can be influenced by different factors.  Generally, we search for happiness in things, people, money, and experiences that we believe will bring us a sense of fulfilment and joy.  However, happiness is not something that can be bought, borrowed, or begged for. It is a state of mind that can only be attained by taking action to nurture and cultivate it within oneself.  According to Denis Waitley, happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.  It's all about our thinking. If we have a habit of looking at negative aspect of everything,...