LakeerIssue OneAutumn 2023 FICTION Open Themby Saadat Hasan Manto, translated fromthe Urdu by Asna Nusrat Horrors Under the Eclipseby Harris Gondal The Wallsby Sabyn Javeri Unrestby Zuneera Shah ESSAYS The Road to Closureby Roha Arif The Money Plantby Tabinda Khurshid POETRY Origin Storyby Javeria Hasnain Captivityby Aisha Hamid When you went to the watersby Naima Rashid Ghazal 1by Sukhan Two Sunsets on a Sundayby Ahmad Aamir Malik کبھی دیکھا ہے ہم نے حُسنِ شاعری کو by Farrukh Ali Hassan Ghazal 2by Sukhan How We Welcome Wait for Winterby Aisha Hamid Mid Life Crisisby Aneeqa Wattoo God Rides the Subway on Sundays by Eleen Raja درد کئی من میں چھپا رکھے ہیں by Farrukh Ali Hassan Divingby Ammara Younas (Un)lovingby Aisha Hamid آخری خط by Maryum Iqbal Show Yourselfby Zahra Azhar a syncopation of aftereffectsby Ammara Younas Eyes Wide Openby Zahra Azhar ON THE COVER “To Belong Somewhere (?)” by Shumaila Ahmed