NADEEM ZUBERI “To me canvas is simply an amazing orchestra and each colour has its own unique sound now it is my conscious to analyse and understand the colours language and unite them with figures to create a painting using my natural instinct,” said Professor Dr Mohammad Ali Bhatti while elaborating his work to me. […]
KARACHI: Sheema Khan worked for month to create the storyline of Dastan-e-Amir Hamza, which hung majestically in the gallery of Karachi School of Arts (KSA). The hot-pink masterpiece was a fusion of two mediums – miniature painting and printmaking. But the wait was worth it. Khan was one of the 16 faculty members of the […]
Khalid Hasnain LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Shairf inaugurated the three-day shopping exhibition at the Expo Centre here on Friday. The event is a part of the ongoing Lahore Shopping Festival (LSF). Officials of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Indonesian ambassador, representatives of national and international companies/firms and stall holders attended the opening […]
MNAs claim the authorities neglect certain groups during their events. ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians expressed dismay on Monday over the absence of minority representation in the activities of the Lok Virsa and asked concerned authorities to address the issue promptly. Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Integration and Heritage highlighted “worrisome cases” in the […]
Babar Ayaz Has deliberate Sanskritisation of Hindi and Arabicisation of Urdu been successful? Is culture a static thing that can be protected from the influences of the economically developed societies’ culture? The last 25 years have recorded the fastest growth in science and technology in human history. It is generally acknowledged that in the post-Second […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) will present an Urdu adaptation of the famous play, Art, at the Arts Council auditorium from May 4 to 13. This was announced by Napa head of theatre Rahat Kazmi on the academy premises on Monday. The play is directed by Samina Nazir and adapted […]
LAHORE: The three-day Pakistan Cultural Festival opened at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium, on Friday. Culture Secretary Muhayyudin Wani, film and TV artistes like Bahar Begum, Irfan Khoosat, Kanwal and Masood Akhtar inaugurated the festival. The inauguration was marked by leaving hundreds of balloons in the air to the tune of live music, bhangra and […]
PESHAWAR: To mark the International Day of Monuments and Sites, the directorate of archaeology and museums organised here on Thursday a two-day photo exhibition at the historic Gor Khuttree and a conference of archaeologists at Sethi House. Inaugurating the exhibition, ANP Senator Haji Mohammad Adeel said the government should preserve old buildings as they were […]
RAWALPINDI: Masterpieces of wood artist Mohammad Saleem Mughal on Tuesday impressed art lovers at an exhibition held in Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC). Living in the neighbourhood of intellectuals like Attaul Haq Qasmi and Munno Bhai, Mr Mughal, in his early 50s, made first model of a house from wood in 1974 when he was in […]
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government is constructing sports grounds by retrieving land from the land grabbers, which were patronised by Musharraf and his cronies during their regime. He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Mian Mir Sports Complex at Basti Saidan Shah, Upper Mall […]
SWABI: The three-day Indus Food Festival, held at the bank of the Indus River, concluded on Sunday with a promise by its organisers that such events would be arranged across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to revive culture and promote tourism. The festival was organised by Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP). The organisers said that the event was […]
KARACHI: Zainab Sajid opened Day Two of the Pantene Bridal Couture Week 2012 by Style 360 at the Expo Centre with a collection with an ivory to beige base with dupattas in different colours ranging from red to green to shocking pink with a dazzling deep brown sari. The collection spoke of the designer’s versatility […]
KARACHI, April 14: In Ovid’s masterpiece ‘Metamorphoses’ a sculptor, Pygmalion, falls in love with his own statue. As fate would have it, Aphrodite brings the sculpture to life but its creator, Pygmalion, overlooks the fact that the statue can now think on her own, has feelings, has her own body and an independent mind. Such […]
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Minister for Culture, Sassui Palejo, has said that culture department is laying a network of culture complexes across the province and introducing performing arts in Jacobabad to help rid the area of tribal feuds and ease its suffocating environment. Talking to journalists while inspecting construction work of Benazir Bhutto culture complex in […]
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