President Mamnoon to give away awards to winners of National Calligraphy Competition
ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE):Week-long “Abdul Majeed Parveen Raqam National Calligraphy Competition and
Exhibition” will conclude on Wednesday (Feb 28) with an award ceremony for the
winners of the competition.
President Mamnoon Hussain will be chief guest in the concluding ceremony
and give away prizes and certificates to the 18 selected winners of the calligraphy
competition.
The National Calligraphy Competition and Exhibition, arranged by National
History and Literary Heritage Division (NH&LH), attracted hundreds of art lovers,
students and aspiring learners of calligraphic art who visited the exhibition and
attended live calligraphy workshops to learn the intricacies of this ancient art.
The competition and exhibition kicked off at a local hotel on February 23
and around 400 calligraphers from far-flung area of the country submitted their
art works to the Division for participating in the competition.
Out of 90 shortlisted art works, the final jury, comprising over senior
calligraphers, selected 18 art pieces prepared in Nastaleeq, Thuluth and
modern style calligraphy who will be awarded in the ceremony.
Three different committees of judges have selected the best art works
through adopting a transparent procedure.
Talking to APP on Tuesday, Advisor to Prime Minister on NH&LH, Irfan
Siddiqui revealed that consolation prizes will also be given to the special
persons and women belonging to the far-flung areas who are contributing
in this field.
He said participation of such a huge number of calligraphers from remote
areas of the country in the competition reflect their enthusiasm and love for
this ancient art.
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.