As a part of the activities organized at the Oxford Bookshops for its Azadi Week Special

Seen in the photograph are (from l to r): Hamida Khuhro; Anwer Mooraj; and Ameena Saiyid, Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan.



Seen in the photograph are Hamida Khuhro (left), and the journalist, Asif Noorani (right) relating his experiences of living in Karachi.



The photograph shows the audience listening intently to the talk. Seen in the front row are Marjorie Husain (left), art critic, and Dr Noman Ahmed (right), Professor and Chairman, Department of Architecture and Planning, NED University. Also seen at the event are Ameena Saiyid (second row, 2nd from left), Managing Director, Oxford University Press Pakistan, and the journalist, Asif Noorani (seated on sofa, right).

As a part of the activities organized at the Oxford Bookshops for its Azadi Week Special, Oxford University Press hosted a talk by the historian Hamida Khuhro on its publication Karachi: Megacity of Our Times, on 17 August at the Oxford Bookshop, Khalid bin Waleed Road, Karachi. Edited by Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj, the book is a collection of articles by prominent writers of Karachi who trace the transformation of a sleepy town into a vibrant metropolis.