Archive for the ‘Pakistan Art’ Category

KCCI or Karachi Indian Merchants Association Building A fabulous example of Anglo-Mughal Architecture

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Muslims in India had a great contribution in literature and art, there are also some architecture wonders made by pre-partition Muslims in India. The very term Anglo Moghul is a school of architectural design which mixed the Muslim and English Gothic architecture. Here is an article published in daily Dawn written ...

The Hindu Bahi Building in Sarafa Bazaar Karachi

Monday, April 12th, 2010

This article was written by Peerzada Salman for daily Dawn Karachi If you have weak navigation skills, make sure you’re with someone who has an elephant’s memory. Reason: once you enter a lane, you don’t know where it will end or what course it will take with the next turn. The ...

Naat a tradition of praise of prophet and an Art of melody

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

A Na`at is a Persian named for a poetry that is said in praise of prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) . Naat was one of the most popular form of peotry among Muslims, Although prophet Himself liked other form of poetry but since the love of devotes for Muslims ...

Horticulture Development conference on January 22nd

Monday, January 19th, 2009

ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 (APP): The Horticultural Foundation of Pakistan (HFP) is organizing a conference on horticulture development on January 22nd, here at the Auditorium of National Agricultural Research Centre, Chak Shahzad. Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock,is scheduled to inaugurate the conference, HFP sources told APP here. ...