Tag: Heritage

A Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government special committee met on Saturday to determine the price for the house of legendary Bollywood actor Dillip Kumar. The...

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

Despite a huge investment of Rs 1.5 billion and months of planning, fissures, ill-planning and suspicion has already started appearing in the Canal Road...

Why preserve a heritage? The Mohatta palace, built in colonial times for a Hindu businessman by a Muslim architect in the Mughal style using traditional...

In order to promote the cultural heritage of the country and preserve the national intangible heritage for later posterity of Pakistan, Pakistan National Commission...

Seville is famed for its imposing cathedral and whitewashed streets but the Spanish city may lose its UN World Heritage status because of a...

The Keenjhar Lake - a Ramsar site, an important wetland, a protected wildlife sanctuary and one of the main sources of potable water for...

The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) Repertory Theatre recently announced the schedule of its upcoming play titled ‘Begum Jaan’ during a press briefing...

The Government College University Lahore’s Nazir Ahmed Music Society (GCU NAMS) is going to hold the “Annual Concert of Heritage 2011” at the historical...

The Government College University Lahore’s Nazir Ahmed Music Society (GCU NAMS) is going to hold the “Annual Concert of Heritage 2011” at the historical...

KARACHI - Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo said that the provincial government would take concrete steps to protect and promote all cultural sites and historical monuments

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

PARIS - The United Nations cultural organisation urged Egyptian authorities and protesters on Tuesday to protect the country's heritage and respect freedom of expression during the ongoing political crisis. There have been reports of a looting attempt at Cairo's renowned Egyptian Museum and other historal sites, as well as of citizens taking it upon themselves to set up a cordon to protect their nation's heritage.
"My compassion goes first to the victims of the civil unrest and

Lahore - Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash was a high ranking officer during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb Alamigir. Khan Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash, original name Mir Malik Husain, was Aurungzeb's foster brother and a nobleman in the imperial court. In 1673, he was sent to the Deccan as governor.
He rebuilt the fortress of Surat to fight against Shivaji. He was also sent against Abul Hasan, the last king of Golconda. In 1674, Aurungzeb raised him from the rank

LAHORE: At a time when neglecting classical music has been on the demise in Pakistan for the last several years, the All Pakistan Musical Conference organised a classical music night at the Alhamra Art Council, Lahore on the December 1.
The initiative was to create awareness about the importance of Pakistani musical heritage sporting the propagation of classical music. The leading organiser and secretary general of APMC Dr Ghazala Irfan opened the proceedings with a speech

LAHORE: Victoria Girls High School is a government girl's school inside the walled city of Lahore and is housed in a nineteenth century Sikh period haveli of Naunihal Singh, the son of Maharajah Ranjeet Singh.
The haveli is one of the few remaining royal residences from the Sikh period in Lahore. It is an intact structure of over forty rooms with most elements of its original ornamentation preserved on the two main elevations and the interior courtyard facades.
The most

Venice wants its famous wooden gondolas to be given world heritage status and it is set to apply to get them listed.
The move comes as plans by a shipyard in Brindisi in southern Italy to start producing weather-resistant plastic and fiberglass replicas emerged.
The city's gondoliers' association said that it takes months of painstaking work to make an authentic gondola, and replacing them with plastic is "outrageous".
"Safeguarding the tradition of the gondola, of the