Peerzada Salman KARACHI: In art, overstating facts or strong feelings can be terribly off-putting. There’s a fine line between artistically expressing what stirs or inspires an artist and going overboard to propagate an idea. Abdullah M.I. Syed’s exhibition of his latest work titled ‘Art Reserves’, curated by critic Nafisa Rizvi, began at the Canvas Gallery […]
IT is at long last that a sum of Rs100m has been allocated to maintaining, conserving and building some facilities at Moenjodaro. Much more is needed for the effort to be meaningful. The magnificent site that should have been the pride of Pakistan has been neglected so much that it was virtually taken off the […]
THIS refers to the news item, ‘Sadequain documented’ (Feb 17), regarding the book launching of ‘The Saga of Sadequain’ in Lahore. Salman Ahmed, the writer of the book, pointed out during the launching ceremony of the book that Sadequain was a generous person who never wished his paintings or works to be sold. However, the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Josh Adabi Foundation on Monday called for granting a civil award and naming an avenue in the federal capital for acknowledging the services of revolutionary poet, Josh Maleehabadi. Talking to APP on Monday, a grandson of Josh Maleehabadi, Farrukh Maleehabadi, said the Foundation had repeatedly sent requests to higher authorities but no action […]
Karachi: Rs100 million has been sanctioned for a Master Plan for Rehabilitation of Mohenjodaro and promoting Cultural Tourism (MPRCT) besides regularising the services of 24 employees of the National Fund for Mohenjodaro, according to a press release issued by the Information and Archives Department of the Sindh government on Monday. The archaeological site of Mohenjodaro […]
Chris Cork Shuttling between Bahawalpur, Karachi and Islamabad every month means I get to see perhaps more of the informal eateries – cafes is not really the best word – than most. The last five years have seen something of an explosion in the range of classy food outlets that are also established social hubs […]
ISLAMABAD: Little is known about the man who gave away more than $800 million worth of his art works. This too was a jaw dropping fact for art lovers who attended a ceremony held at a local hotel on Sadequain’s 25th death anniversary. “That’s how it is every time we hold such events to pay […]
AS one who has attended some prestigious literature festivals abroad, including the ones held every year in places like Seattle and Boston, in my 30-year-long foreign service, I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by the manner in which the Karachi Literature Festival was organised. I can safely say that it was among the best that […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It is no mean feat to sing ghazals, particularly those penned by the likes of Mir, Ghalib and Momin. To accomplish that feat the singer has to have a fair comprehension of Urdu poetry, Urdu diction and a great deal of fondness for enunciating every syllable the way it should be enunciated. […]
KARACHI: A two-day art books fair opened at Unicorn Gallery on Saturday. The fair, founded by Seemah Niaz in 2011, has a worthy variety of books on art which are of interest not only to art connoisseurs and lovers, but can also be useful for the uninitiated. A collection of Indian books is particularly worth […]
LAHORE: A multimedia exhibition by The Citizens Archives of Pakistan with the Routes 2 Roots opened at Nairang Art Gallery on Friday.The exhibition features the adventures by 2,400 students from Pakistan and India that have taken part in a year-long cultural exchange. The Citizens Archive of Pakistan is a non-profit organisation dedicated to cultural and […]
Karachi: The Katchi Rabita Committee and the Lyari Resource Centre held two back-to-back press conferences on Friday, expressing fiery and issuing contradictory statements on the Lyari issue. The LRC, the first one to speak at the Karachi Press Club, announced to hold Lyari Culture Day on March 2 despite the volatile situation in the area. […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Architecture, they say, is an art form. This is the reason why many artists, painters and sculptors in history chose, and are still doing so, buildings as their motif or leitmotif, particularly if the buildings are made of stone. Man and stone, for some reason, have had an inexplicably symbiotic relationship. In […]
KARACHI: The Idara-i-Yadgar-i-Ghalib has published a new edition of Hamari Qaumi Saqafat, a compilation of distinguished poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s speeches on the issue of culture which he delivered from time to time at different forums. The book also contains comments of noted scholars and writers on Faiz’s thoughts on the subject. The book throws […]
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