Zia Mohyeddin column Our cultural outlets are limited; the spectrum of cultural activity ranges form qawwali and pop concerts to organised sing-song at private gathering and the mujrahs performed at weddings. I have no statistics but if I were to hazard a guess I would say that you will find the largest gatherings at cinemas […]
THE culture department of Sindh has been working very hard and receiving big credits. The department’s seniors are sincere and seem to have a keen interest in culture and hence their department. Many projects were planned, some have already been initiated. Multiple museums and libraries have been dedicated to the dignitaries belonging to Sindh and […]
SAHIWAL: A flower exhibition and food street were inaugurated at Kinan Park on Saturday morning on the second day of spring festival celebrations here. Several government and non-government organisations had set up their stalls, which were being visited by hundreds of citizens daily. The flower exhibition was inaugurated by DCO’s wife Sadia Zulfiqar. Assistant Commissioner […]
By Andaleeb Rizvi KARACHI: A group show ‘As and when it happens’ concluded at ArtChowk The Gallery on Friday. All three artists, Syed Muhammad Raza, Farrukh Adnan, and Abdullah Qamar worked on contemporary themes that are very much related to life in the metropolitan city, struck with strife, fluidity of morals and absurdity of the […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The Full Circle Gallery presents a colourful solo exhibition titled ‘Thousand Faces of Eve’ by Raja Changez Sultan with Guddo Haider as curator. The show, Sultan’s 53rd, boasts 26 paintings of women’s faces, which successfully grab the attention of a large number of citizens. The artist has kept the focus of […]
The feeling of alienation experienced by people living in big cities, such as Karachi, has been captured on canvas by eminent artist Moeen Faruqi. His work, which consists of 19 paintings and has been developed over the course of past one and a half year, is being exhibited at the Canvas Gallery. “I have been […]
Karachi: The festival of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) opened on Thursday evening with a light comedy, “Lao to Qatlnama Mera”, directed by Farhan Alam Siddiqui, at the Napa Auditorium. The play, a slapstick comedy, is the adaptation of Italian playwright Dario Fo’s “Death of an Anarchist”, which has been adapted to the […]
Karachi: More than 30 poets of the country will recite their poetry at the 30th Urdu Haiku Mushaira on March 30. The event, being organised by the Pak-Japan Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan, will be held at the Manzar Akbar Hall, Arts Council. It will be participated by Aftab Muztar, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Hunza Cultural Forum will organize the annual cultural festival and the festivities of Navroz and the Pakistan Day here from March 23 to 24. According to the organizers, “The Hunza Festival gives an opportunity to all Hunzukutz (people of Hunza) from lower (Shinaki), central (Kanjud) and upper (Gojal) regions to celebrate the beautiful […]
LARKANA: The Mohenjodaro museum will be reopened for visitors and tourists from Thursday (March 21) after the closure of more than 70 days in the name of repair and renovation. Sources in the department of culture told Dawn on Wednesday that renovation of the showcases of the museum, where artifacts were kept, had been started […]
The language of Urdu with its huge literary database as compared to its near vicinity languages has all the traits of being compatible with many languages of the world Needless to say that while humans like to divide or differentiate themselves based on their languages or dialects or accents or vocal variations, many more ways […]
“In our country, someone who works hard creates enemies. Hameed Ahmed Khan worked too much and he created too many enemies for himself,” wrote Mumtaz Hasan in Mr Khan’s obituary published in the April 1974 issue of ‘Urdu nama’, a literary magazine of Karachi. Prof Hameed Ahmed Khan did everything he could as vice chancellor […]
Mithi: Sindh Culture Minister Ms. Sassui Palijo inaugurated on Friday the Marvi Cultural Centre at Bhalwal village of Tehsil Nagarparkar, district Tharparkar. The Bhalwal is home village of legendary character Marvi. The project has been completed at the cost of Rs.14 million to promote cultural activities in the area. The culture department organizes annual festival […]
Karachi: With Sindhi stalwart nationalists nowhere to guide, the Sindhi youth have taken refuge in cultural activities, Sindhi columnist and journalist Daudo Chandio told The News. He made this observation ahead of the launching ceremony of his book “Sindh Soch Safar” at the Arts Council. “The nationalist movement in Sindh has gone in the background […]
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