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title: "World Culture Festival to bring artists from 150 countries to Karachi"
description: "Most outlets highlighted the international participation and scale of the event, noting the involvement of artists from 150 countries and the duration of the festival. The Express Tribune led with specific numbers of foreign and local artists and the percentage of free programmes, while Pakistan Today focused on the organisational body and the general scope of the event without providing exact figures."
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# World Culture Festival to bring artists from 150 countries to Karachi

entertainment · updated 8 Oct 2026, 10:29 PM PKT · 8 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets highlighted the international participation and scale of the event, noting the involvement of artists from 150 countries and the duration of the festival. The Express Tribune led with specific numbers of foreign and local artists and the percentage of free programmes, while Pakistan Today focused on the organisational body and the general scope of the event without providing exact figures.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Pakistan Today** — [Karachi to host artists from 150 countries at World Culture Festival](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/08/karachi-to-host-artists-from-150-countries-at-world-culture-festival) · 8 Oct 2026, 10:29 PM PKT
  > The festival will be organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi and is expected to feature hundreds of international and local performers over several weeks.
- **The Express Tribune** — [World Culture Festival to bring artists from 150 countries to Karachi](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2633734/world-culture-festival-to-bring-artists-from-150-countries-to-karachi) · 8 Oct 2026, 4:09 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > 25-day event to feature over 1,000 foreign, 500 Pakistani artists; 80% of programmes to be free

2 articles from 2 outlets, 8 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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