Every line below lives inside a real book by a Pakistani author. Read the quote, meet the book — and take the story home.
“If there were something that slightly displeased him, my father would lash out his wrath on my mother.”

“This story is dedicated to every girl out there, who had faced the harsh experiences of life and fought against the odd forces vigilantly.”

“My mother is laughing and shaking her head as Sam whispers something in her ear and my heart skips a beat at the picture that flashes through my mind.”

“After twenty minutes of unbearable silence only broken by huffs from his father and sniffs from his mother, Major Zahoor tightly shuts his eyes and then speaks.”

“Unaware of how much time has passed, Imaan finally stood up and left for home with an unnatural calm taking root in her heart.”

“On my way back I thought about how causally Sameer was talking to his mother, how his mother was talking to me, with so much affection, with so much love.”

“Not everyone is fortunate enough to study abroad in such a prestigious institution thousands of miles away from India and it was your dream too.”

“For few split seconds, she couldn't believe her sight, she thought it to be negligible passing dream like every single other time.”

“How she loved to dance as a child, and always did so with no one watching, alone, the door locked.”

“A small ventilator in the room was enough to light up the place when she was brought here – in the morning, but now, there was no sign of light.”

“My mind wanted to tell everything, but as I was panting with fear at that moment, a chill tingled up my spine, gripped by shame and pain, I did not say anything.”

“Somehow, his smile always made me feel secure; made me feel that nothing bad would ever happen to our little town of Shivpura.”

“How she never dreamed any, never fantasize anyone, and never pursue anything when her mind was staged for up and above the gravitational blue firmament – the vast blue sky.”

“If you want to go to the police, I will talk to my friend who is a high-ranking officer in police and we can have him behind bars in no time.”

“Life has always squeezed the strength out of me so maybe that’s why I found it easy to dress my mother in blames.”

“Time waits for everyone Granny and it is here after you killed that monster inside you – you are your own rescuer.”

“When one is poor; lacks skill and has been abandoned by society; selling one’s body seems a good bargain for life.”

Our authors, in their own words and in the press.
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اس کتاب کی یہی خوبی ہے کہ ہر شعر کو نہایت سلجھے، رواں اور دلچسپ انداز میں قلم بند کیا گیا ہے۔“
ماریہ شہزاد کا تعلق لاہور سے ہے۔ انھوں نے دنیاوی تعلیم کے ساتھ ساتھ دینی تعلیم بھی حاصل کی اور وفاق المدارس سے منسلک رہیں۔ ماریہ نے ناول نورِ سحر کےعلاوہ بہت سے افسانے اور ناولٹ بھی لکھے۔ وہ جذبات کو الفاظ کی صورت میں پرونے کے ہنر سے خواب واقف ہیں۔ مصنفہ کو منظر […]
الفاظ بہت زیادہ طاقت رکھتے ہیں۔ لفظوں کی طاقت اوران کااثر ایک حقیقت ہے۔ ایک لفظ کسی کی پوری زندگی تبدیل کر دیتا ہے، الفاظ جہاں زندگی دیتے ہیں وہی زندگی چھین بھی لیتے ہیں اسی لیے کہتے ہیں الفاظ کا استعمال سوچ سمجھ کر کرنا چاہیے۔
کومل بھٹی لاہور سے تعلق رکھنے والی ایک باصلاحیت خاتون ہیں۔ وہ ایک لکھاری ہونے کے ساتھ ساتھ ایک کامیاب سائیکالوجسٹ بھی ہیں اور ایک نامور ادارے میں بطور ری سورس ٹیچر خدمات سر انجام دے رہی ہیں۔ کومل نے اپنے آس پاس موجود حقیقی کہانیوں کو موضوعِ سخن بنایا ہے اور انھیں الفاظ کی […]
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ہ ایک ایسی لڑکی کی کہانی ہے جس کی خوش و خرم زندگی میں اچانک ہی سماعت سے محرومی داخل ہو جاتی ہے اور مشکلات اور آزمائشیں اس کے گھر کی راہ دیکھ لیتی ہیں۔ سماعت کی محرومی کا ہمت و حوصلے سے مقابلہ کرنے کی کہانی آپ میں بھی امید کی ایک نئی روح پھونک دے گی۔ اس باہمت لڑکی کی کہانی کے ساتھ ساتھ یہ کتاب اپنے اندر سماعت کے نقائص اور اس کے علاج سے متعلق بھی بیش بہا معلومات رکھتی ہے۔ اس کے علاوہ سماعت کے نقائص سے متعلق لوگوں کی کئی غلط فہمیوں کا بھی ازالہ کرتی ہے۔