Ayesha Siddiqui, a PhD Scholar in Fine Arts (Studio Practice) at Punjab University College of Art and Design (PUCAD), has represented the PU and Pakistan in 4th Asian Art Expo held in Beijing, China, from Jan 5 to 8. Earlier, the curators of the grand international art exhibition had selected paintings of Ayesha. It is worth mentioning that Ayesha has the honour of representing Pakistan in 13th and 14th Asian Art Biennale (2008 and 2010 respectively) in Dhaka Bangladesh and also in 3rd Asian Art Expo in Beijing last year. She has read papers in international conferences and published articles on the contemporary painting trends in Pakistan, in various magazines and journals of repute. She has worked on a research project on Lahore Fort for Lok Virsa Islamabad. She has ten solo shows of paintings and drawings to her credit and preparing for eleventh and also working on her book “Picture Wall of the Lahore Fort.” PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has congratulated Ayesha Siddiqui for this honour to represent the varsity and country at the prestigious art exhibition.
US consul general honours teachers
LAHORE
STAFF REPORT
US Consul General Nina Fite on Saturday honoured the teachers who completed a training that will ensure that more of Pakistan’s children will have the opportunity to attend mainstream schools. Nina Fite was on hand at the Rising Sun and Education and Welfare Society in Lahore for a certificate ceremony for 30 teachers who successfully completed a US Agency for International Development (USAID) supported course in Special Education. “I am proud that our assistance supported an initiative that reaffirms the right to education of every individual here in the Punjab and across Pakistan,” Fite remarked. The teachers were the fifth graduating class of a year-long USAID funded program that will train 750 teachers in the Punjab.