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Minister terms artists custodians of culture

PESHAWAR: The government would not ignore artists as they were custodians of culture, said Provincial Minister for Culture and Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain here on Monday. Handing over a cheque of Rs100,000 to noted Pashto folksinger Khan Tehsil in recognition of his services, he said that no one would be allowed to destroy Pakhtun culture. […]


Arts & craft village: IHC moved against contract termination

Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Indus Heritage Trust on Saturday filed an application with Islamabad High Court (IHC) against termination of its contract by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to operate the arts and craft village. On Thursday when Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui was hearing a petition filed by Shariq H. Khan, seeking reinstatement on the […]


Sindh’s language, culture in grave danger: Dr Magsi

HYDERABAD: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman, Dr Qadir Magsi, has said that Sindh’s language and culture are in grave danger today. The rulers have gifted Sindh’s lands to ‘outsiders’ in order to perpetuate themselves in power and they have also given them 60 per cent jobs while the educated youths of Sindh are committing […]


Muhammad Ali’s death anniversary on 19th

KARACHI: The 6th death anniversary of legendry film actor of Pakistan Muhammad Ali falls on Monday March 19. He had passed away on March 19, 2006 and was laid to rest in Lahore. Muhammad Ali was born in a religious family in Rampure‚ India on April 19‚ 1931. His first film was Shakir, which was […]


Wept several times while writing script

KARACHI: Just imagine what would happen if the souls of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, along with the poet of East Allama Iqbal and freedom movement leader Maulana Shaukat Ali came to Pakistan from heavens to see the fruits of their struggle and sacrifices. Couldn’t imagine? Doesn’t matter. Renowned intellectual, poke poet […]


Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living centre opens in Karachi

Karachi: He arrived at the ashram very much like a local Sufi Shaykh entering a Khanqa among his enthusiastic devotees. Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, clad in a cream-white Kurta and Dhoti and sporting a Sindhi skull-cap, was welcomed with heavy garlands, loud cheers and a torrent of rose petals. The occasion was the opening ceremony […]


Arts Council of Pakistan to hold appreciation event today

KARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP), Karachi will organise an appreciation event on Tuesday (today) for a writing composition titled ‘Para Para (Parveen Shakir)’ by renowned writer Nusrat Zehra, said a statement on Monday. According to the statement, noted poet Himayat Ali would preside over the event. Prof Sehar Ansari, Mehtab Akbar Rashidi, Prof Shahid […]


Tehzib Murad’s artwork put on display at Alhamra

LAHORE: An exhibition of miniature paintings by Tehzib Murad’s began at the Alhamra Arts Gallery on Monday. “I have always been intrigued by the idea that arts has no boundaries and it’s not about being wrong or right. Creating art is an experimental process in which one falters, fails and succeeds. The sense of fulfilment […]


British fashion in Pakistan: When fashion meets culture

By Hani Taha KARACHI: Reconstruction is as synonymous with fashion as smoke is with fire. Indeed, there can be no creation without an ingenious process of construction and reconstruction, of constant borrowing and building. The most recent effort to create a cultural melange came from British Council, that has managed to bring British fashion to […]


Punjab Folk Dance Festival reaches AIMC

LAHORE: The Punjab Lok Rahs on Sunday arranged the ‘Punjab Folk Dance Festival’ in collaboration with the Drama Society of the Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC), Lahore, at the college auditorium. The festival was part of the International Mother Language Day to celebrate the diversity of Punjabi language and richness of its cultural heritage. Students […]


Melody-filled session ends 11-day festival

KARACHI: Music lovers on Sunday enjoyed a melody-filled session of afternoon ragas on the last (and cloudy) day of the 11-day first performing arts festival organised by the National Academy of Performing Arts on its premises. The show kicked off with Asif Sinan’s presentation of raga pilo which set the tone for the rest of […]


A sign of the times: Pakistan’s first online art magazine makes a scene

KARACHI: It was in December last year that William Lawrie, the co-owner of a gallery in Dubai, was so inspired by an art catalogue that he decided to visit the country to check out its art scene. “I have seen thousands of catalogues in my life but the one on Rising Tide at Mohatta Palace […]


Artworks highlight women’s issues

Khursheed Hyder KARACHI: To celebrate International Women’s Day, an exhibition of paintings by 12 senior and six emerging artists, titled ‘Connecting women: inspiring futures’, was organised at the Alliance Francaise by the New World Concepts and Grandeur Art Gallery. Most of the paintings focused on women and the issues they faced in society. The exhibition […]


Wood carving — anatomy of a dying art

By Jamshed Khan ISLAMABAD: Wood carving, a unique form of art displayed on doors and windows, is dying fast. Practiced since ancient times, especially in Swat, Punjab and Kashmir, wood carving can be traced back to the early Buddhist period under the Kushan rulers. One can still glimpse traces of the Graeco-Buddhist style in the […]