Literary journals in ... Pakistan

       In Dawn Rauf Parekh finds that in Pakistan It's raining literary journals this summer, as:

Whether people read or not, whether Urdu literature is as popular or not as it used to be, the fact is during the last few months Urdu's literary magazines have been pouring in and in addition to the monsoon showers, this summer we enjoyed a heavy downpour of literary magazines as well.

       Sounds like a good foundation to help foster local literary culture; let's hope it spreads and grows (and finds lots of readers ...).