Tag: Cultural

Alhamra Arts Council in collaboration with City District Government Lahore will organise ‘Pakistan Cultural Mela 2012’ at Alhamra Cultural Complex from April 20 to...

Alhamra Arts Council in collaboration with City District Government Lahore will organise ‘Pakistan Cultural Mela 2012’ at Alhamra Cultural Complex from April 20 to...

US Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Richard Hoagland and U.S. Consul General in Lahore Nina Maria Fite visited the Lahore Fort (Shahi Qila) and Badshahi Mosque...

The solo paintings exhibition of upcoming talented artist Erum Ashfaq titled ‘The Revival of Cultural Heritage’ opened in a colourful inauguration ceremony at the...

Week-long cultural activities marking the 135th birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah concluded here on Monday at the Pakistan National Council of the...

Historically speaking, the name of Kasur city, according to one tradition, was a distortion of the word “Kussu Pura”, the ancient name of this...

A loud round of applause sounded as the last Korean film ended at the Alhamra Arts Council. A Barefoot Dream by director Kim Tae-Kyun...

The Potohari Art and Craft (PAC) Board has decided to hold fortnightly festivals until the end of December in Shakarparian. The board meeting was...

Rich cultural traditions like Sufi poetry, folk songs and classical ghazals which help foster values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence are truly reflective of...

LAHORE - The embassy of the Indonesian Republic and the Lahore Arts Council organized Indonesian Cultural Night at the Alhamra Arts Council. Lahore Arts Council Executive Director Muhammad Ali Baloch and Indonesian Republic Ambassador Ishak Latuconsina said Pakistan and Indonesia could understand each other by holding cultural events.
Cultural performances dominated the show included a fashion show, traditional music and dances and other performances. The Indonesia Cultural Week

KARACHI - How the social, cultural and religious situations and manipulations affect one's mindset and direct us to become who we are is a very interesting process, says artist Amber Hammad. "My work is about these catalysts and their outcomes. What we call a global village has absorbed more things from certain western cultures or countries, instead of flow of energy moving both ways," Hammad explains. Certain generations of certain places have been affected strangely to have formed a

KARACHI - Pakistan and China are time-tested friends and this bond would only get stronger with the passage of time, Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo said on Saturday.
"The foundation of this friendship was laid by Pakistan People's Party founding chairman Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the relations were further strengthened by Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto," she said at the 'China Cultural Week' event held in connection with 60-year celebrations of Pak-China friendship.
The event,

KARACHI - "South Asia has a strong cultural history and the people of this region have played a major role in constructing a strong social bond within a society where social values are preferred and practiced like religious rituals," says artist Asad Hayee.
The subcontinent has a strong political history and has seen a long era of colonial rule, which has left a deep impact on the people of the region, he adds. He says that the society that emerged after the independence has gone

LAHORE - The Punjab Group of Colleges' (PGC) two-day Annual Arts Exhibition concluded at Punjabi Cultural Complex on Saturday.
Students from various classes depicted their works which were appreciated by all. Renowned cartoonist Javed Iqbal was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed prizes among the winners. Punjab Art and Culture Executive Director Ghulam Mustafa was the chief guest on the event's first day. Students participated in four different categories: painting,

PESHAWAR - The centuries-old cultural skills of wood carving, stone carving, lacquer art, embroidery, metal art, pottery-making, taghar work and calligraphy were vanishing due to the government's lack of regard towards the artisans and skilled people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said the artisans while demanding the government to take steps for the improvement of the ancient Pakhtun cultural skills in the province.
A survey conducted by Pakistan Today at the "Artisan Fair" conducted by

PESHAWAR - In a bid to stimulate cultural and economic activities in terrorism-hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in particular and rest of the regions in general, an "Artisan Festival" was formally opened at Nishtar Hall Peshawar on Monday. While addressing the journalists after formally inaugurating the festival, KP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said the culture is the identity of a nation and those nations are powerful who possess a stable culture.
This

KARACHI - Charles Ceronio, a world-renowned bonsai master, exhibited his works, titled 'Bonsai Demonstration', on Sunday at the Japan Cultural Centre of the Consulate-General of Japan, in collaboration with the Pakistan Bonsai Society (PBS).
Bonsai is traditional Japanese potted tree arrangement and one of the most popular Japanese cultural activities in the world. The basic philosophy of bonsai is making a small world on pottery, and many bonsai require a few years to be