Is Napa merely an institute for theatre, not music?
With the staging of Dil Ka Kia Rung Karoon, the National Academy of Performing Arts’ (Napa) Repertory Theatre Company (RTC) will complete its fourteenth production. Despite the success of the RTC, however, graduates of the music department complain that neither has the academy initiated a single music production, nor does it provide its students with [...]
Puppet show enthrals children at PNCA
The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture here on Monday organised a puppet show which enthralled children at National Art Gallery. The puppet show at PNCA hall is a regular feature of the council presented by National Puppet Theatre while the body has announced to hold this [...]
Pak-Egypt cultural night at PNCA
ISLAMABAD: The Egyptian evening at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on Saturday was a resounding success. This was the first Egypt-Pakistan Cultural night in Islamabad in 10 years. The evening featured performances by the Al Tannoura Troupe, an Egyptian folk troupe. The night began with a musical performance by Pakistani musicians. Then came [...]
Serene Saiful Malook lures tourists
ISLAMABAD, : “I stood in disbelief as I watched Lake Saiful Malook. It was a stunning beauty. I had to be present there and see it for myself to believe it — I could not even imagine that I would ever witness such a captivating scene in my life” said Dilshad Bakhtawar, a British national [...]
Cultural heritage identity of nations
The preservation of intellectual and cultural heritage is a mark of living nations that are concerned about their identity. This was stated by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi on Friday as she addressed the two-day 19th National Conference titled ‘The Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Pakistan’. The event is organised [...]
Historic Chaukhandi Graveyard in a state of neglect
KARACHI: There are some 130 heritage sites all over Sindh that are neglected and unprotected. The Chaukhandi Graveyard, one of the oldest graveyards of Pakistan, is one such example of negligence and improper maintenance. It is a unique model of 300-year-old architecture with beautiful artistic work. In the early 1960s, the federal government had declared [...]
Pakistan to Present Its Soft Image at Union Square
By Mohsin Zaheer New York: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Abdullah Hussain Haroon and Pakistani Peace Builders (PPB) will host the 1st Annual New York Sufi Music Festival on Tuesday at Union Square, New York City, with an objective to present “soft image” of Pakistan through cultural diplomacy. The Mohatta Palace Museum has [...]
What’s ‘mine’ isn’t yours, say Makli’s dead to diggers
Karachi: Not left alone even in death, the graves at the Makli necropolis in Thatta were being rocked by the attempts of the Pakistan Steel Mills to get minerals. The mineral-rich area has been the site of many an extraction projects that use dynamite to excavate coal, sand, stone and other materials. The steel mills [...]
Minister visits vocational training workshop at Lok Virsa
By Uzma Zafar ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Baitul Maal (PBM) in collaboration with Lok Virsa and National Institute of Cultural Studies (NICS), is holding a 6-day training workshop for teachers of PBM Vocational Schools and Diversified Vocational/Dastkari Schools at Lok Virsa Heritage Museum, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian Hills. The workshops which started on 12th would continue till 17th of [...]
Art of Naqashi and Work on Camel Skin.
Near about 900 years ago a Rajpute family of Multan was impressed by the teachings and preaching of Hazrat Bahau Din Zakaria (R.A) and embraced Islam. That famous family of the time was having relations with fine arts and handicrafts. In these handicrafts were the prepration of things from camel skin and then painting those [...]
