Historic Tollington Market, now known as National College of Arts Tollington Block, was abuz with creativity and drama on Saturday when an evening of dramatic readings was organised by Ajoka Institute.

Ajoka Theatre held a session of dramatic readings and poetry to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people on Wednesday at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall.

Shahid Nadeem attended the international conference on Disputed Territories Memories, held in the border cities of Kaunas (Lithuania) and Poland, on 28-30 September. He gave a presentation on “Practicing Art in the Borderlands of Memories: Of Breaches & Bridges”.

On 19 September, Ajoka’spresented its second play at the Karachi Festival in Karachi. Written by Shahid Nadeem, the cast included Usman Raj, MohammadQaiser, Usman Zia, Kamran Mujahid, Bilal Mughal, Shahzad Sadiq, Rizwan Riaz, Haifa Embreen, Usman Chaudhry, Nyle Imtiaz and Uzma Hasan.

Ajoka presented Shahid Nadeem’s acclaimed “Anhi Mai Da Sufna” at the International Theatre Festival, held by Karachi Arts Council on 18 September.