Sindh Literature Festival 2026 at Mohatta Palace, Karachi, on 21 and 22 November

The ninth Sindh Literature Festival will be held on 21 and 22 November 2026 at Mohatta Palace in Clifton, Karachi, the festival announced on its official Instagram account, as The Express Tribune reported. The palace, built in the late 1920s for the businessman Rai Bahadur Seth Shivratan Mohatta, is now a museum and a protected monument of the Sindh government.

What to expect

The full programme, speakers, timings and entry rules have not been announced yet. Past editions have run panel discussions, book launches, poetry readings (mushairas), theatre and music, with a focus on Sindhi literature, indigenous languages, history and the arts. We will add the programme here when the organisers publish it on the festival's website.

Who it is for

The festival is open to readers, students, writers and families, and sessions in past years have mixed Sindhi, Urdu and English. If you are new to Sindhi literature, the poetry sessions and book launches are the easiest way in.

Past themes

The festival was founded in 2016 by the Sindh Literary Foundation, with journalist Naseer Gopang as founder and producer:

Getting there

Mohatta Palace is in Clifton, one of the most visited parts of Karachi, so expect traffic on a festival weekend and allow extra time, especially in the evening. Working out the petrol for a drive across the city takes a moment with our fuel cost calculator.

A busy season for Karachi

Late November is festival season in Karachi, and the Sindh Literature Festival joins a crowded calendar of book fairs, music nights and exhibitions. For other weekend plans, see Karachi's restaurants and hotels in our directory.