About SLF Sindh Adabi Melo

A festival for Sindh's languages and literature

Our story

It started in 2016

Journalists Naseer Gopang and Zohaib Kaka started Sindh Literature Festival in 2016 to give Sindh's writers, languages and ideas a public stage. Each year since, writers, scholars, artists, journalists and students have met in Karachi for talks, readings, music and books.

Sessions run in Sindhi, Urdu and English. Some look back at history and heritage. Others are about new books and what's happening in Sindh today.

The first edition, at Beach Luxury Hotel in 2016, drew about 9,450 people. By 2023 the festival was drawing about 95,000.

What happens at SLF

Talks and books
Writers and thinkers discuss literature, language and history, and launch new books.
Poetry and performance
Mushairas, readings, folk and Sufi music, theatre and comedy.
Crafts and food
Publishers, artisans and food stalls across both days.

In numbers

9th

edition in 2026

editions since 2016

9,450

visitors at the first edition

95,000

visitors in 2023

Who runs SLF

Sindh Literary Foundation

The festival is organised by the Sindh Literary Foundation, which has run it since the first edition in 2016. The foundation was set up by Naseer Gopang, and Zohaib Kaka is its managing director.

Contact the foundation

Team

The people behind the festival

Naseer GopangFounder
Zohaib KakaManaging Director

Partners and sponsors

With thanks to

Become a partner

Festival sponsors

Government of Sindh

Festival sponsor

Endowment Fund Trust