"Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam National Calligraphy Exhibition" To Be Held In Faisalabad And Quetta Soon: Irfan Siddiqui

Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage, (NH&LH) Irfan Siddiqui Wednesday announced to hold "Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam National Calligraphy Exhibition" in Faisalabad and Quetta soon for promotion of this glorious Islamic art and encouraging the local calligraphers.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Feb, 2018 ) :Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage, (NH&LH) Irfan Siddiqui Wednesday announced to hold "Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam National Calligraphy Exhibition" in Faisalabad and Quetta soon for promotion of this glorious Islamic art and encouraging the local calligraphers.

He was addressing the concluding ceremony of week-long "Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam National Calligraphy Exhibition and Competition" where President Mamnoon Hussain was chief guest. Irfan Siddiqui said calligraphers who participated in the competition will be given free of cost training at Calligraphy Wing of National Language Promotion Department (NLPD).

He said the winners of the competition will also be sent to Turkey for training under an agreement with Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA). Irfan Siddiqui said Iran is a hub of Calligraphy and our division aspires to have such an agreement with Iran too for promotion of this art.

He said this exhibition and competition has discovered talented calligraphers from far flung areas of the country and many of them visited Islamabad for the first time. Irfan Siddiqui said around 400 calligraphic works were received by the division from across the country out of which 90 were shortlisted initially and then the jury comprising over senior calligraphers selected the best calligraphic works in three categories of Nastaleeq, Thuluth and Modern style.

He said NH&LH division, since its establishment, has taken several measures to revive the neglected art of calligraphy which include arrangement of a national and an international calligraphy exhibition last year, establishing first-ever Calligraphy Institute and compilation of Directory of Calligraphers.

He assured to continue such initiatives for transferring this innovative Islamic art legacy to the younger generation. Acknowledging the presence of President Mamnoon Hussain at the concluding ceremony, Irfan Siddiqui said "presence of President Mamnoon Hussain in today's event reflects his commitment toward promotion of this rich cultural heritage".

President Mamnoon Hussain gave away cash prizes of Rs. 75,000, Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 40,000 to the calligraphers who stood first, second and third respectively. In Nastaleeq category, Shafaat Ali Zaid got first prize, Muhammad Yahya second and Mian Muhammad Asif and Shakir Shehzad shared third prize.

Muhammad Jameel was given consolation prize. While in Thuluth category, Zia ul Haq Naeem got first prize, Fazal Wahab second and Waqar Ahmad clinched third prize. Rehmat Ali and Farooq Ahmad received consolation prize.

In Modern style category, Mohsin Raza, Mohtarma Hina Ameen and Zubair Akram received first, second and third prizes respectively. Saba Javed and Sana Zaheer received consolation prize. Consolation prizes were also given to Qudrutullah, Usman Ghani, Muddasir Shareef and Madiha Fatima for their encouragement.