Arts & Literature
Sahibzada Ateeq reports from Paris PARIS: In order to promote Urdu language and literature, an international Mushaira (poetry reading session) was organized here under the auspices of Bazm-e-Ahl-e-Sakhan in the…
BHIT SHAH (MATIARI DISTRICT): Governor Sindh inaugurated the three-day 281st urs celebrations of sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai here on Tuesday (20th August, 2024). Literary conference, cultural village, Latif…
KARACHI: Ibn-e-Safi, who was born as Asrar Ahmed on 26th of July, 1928 (in the village of Nara, Allahabad District, U.P. India) and passed away 44-years ago here due to…
MANILA (NPTV/EWC): Pakistani journalist, Kamal Siddiqi, has been bestowed upon the Journalists of Courage Impact Award here on Monday (24th June, 2024) for displaying exceptional commitment to quality reporting and…
LYON: Pakistani diplomatic mission in Paris took part in the two-day Fête Consulaires held here Saturday, Sunday (15th, 16th June, 2024) and exposed the unique culture (such as truck art),…
PARIS: Art aficionados converged at Hall Hoche where the sculptures by renowned artist Jean Delobaux were exhibited. A tribute from a son to his talented father: Since his son Dr.…
KARACHI: Veteran actor Talat Hussain passed away in a private hospital here after prolonged lungs-related-malady at the age of 83 on Sunday 26th May, 2024. Talat Hussain was born in…
ISLAMABAD: The birth anniversary of Sa'adat Hasan Manto - renowned Urdu story, film, radio scriptwriter and journalist - was observed on Saturday (11th May). Manto was born in 1912 in…
KARACHI: Federal Urdu University (Department of Urdu) has organised a poetry reading session here on Wednesday (1st May, 2024). وفاقی اردو یونیورسٹی کے شعبہ اردو میں مشاعرے کا انعقاد کیا…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Wednesday (24th April, 2024) hosted an artist talk and workshop on paper cutting as part of the ongoing The Guiding Light…
KARACHI: Alishba's Art ń Cafe, located at the DHA's Bukhari Commercial Area, has celebrated its 1st anniversary on Monday (22nd April, 2024). Consul General of UAE, Bakheet Ateeq Al Romaithi,…
ISLAMABAD: A three-day Rafi Peer Puppet Festival would be held at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) here from 19 till 21st April with am aim of nurturing the…
KARACHI: Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, maintains: "This World Art Day is a timely reminder that art can unite and connect us even in the most difficult of circumstances".…
CAMBRIDGE: Agatha Christie’s 1930s typewriter and the manuscript of her final Hercule Poirot novel, which was kept for decades in a bank vault, were displayed on Saturday in a new…
ISLAMABAD: Every year on 21 March UNESCO celebrates the World Poetry Day. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during the UNESCO’s 30th session held…
LAHORE: National College of Arts (NCA) offers a number of professional under-graduate and graduate degree courses. The NCA successfully transitioned from an Annual System to Semester System in 2020 with…
KARACHI: Revolutionary leftist poet Habib Jalib died this day 31 years ago. Jalib, who migrated to Pakistan in 1947, commenced his career with Urdu daily Imroze published from this Metropolis.…
ISLAMABAD: Exposition of Jamal Shah's oeuvres titled Celebration of a Dehumanized Existence was inaugurated here on Sunday (18th Feb, 2024) at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. The collection,…
KARACHI: On Thursday (15th Feb, 2024) Urduphones all over the globe marked the solemn occasion of the 155th death anniversary of the illustrious Urdu poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. The…
KARACHI: Sa’adat Hasan Manto, who was born on 11th May, 1912 (in Paproudi Village, Ludhiana District of the Eastern Punjab, in a Muslim family) and died on 18th Jan 1955,…
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in collaboration with National Heritage and Culture Division and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting organized a special event to commemorate the 100th…
HYDERABAD: Caretaker Sindh Minister for Information Syed Muhammad Ahmed Shah on Saturday (13th Jan, 2024) inaugurated the two-day 9th Hyderabad Literature Festival -2024 here at the Sindh Museum. Renowned educationist…
TUNIS: Mohamed Amine Htiouich began honing his metal engraving skills as a teenager. Now the 37-year-old Tunisian is training the next generation in the ancient art, recently recognised by UNESCO.…
HYDERABAD: Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the 9th Ayaz Melo here at Khana Badosh Writer’s café on Thursday (21st of December, 2023). Addressing the maiden session of Ayaz Melo…
