PESHAWAR:
A three-day painting exhibition presenting the historical-cultural values of the provincial metropolis opened at Nishtar Hall on Friday. The Gandhara Hindko Board Pakistan organised the exhibition in collaboration with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Cultural Department.
Dr Ghulam Basheer displayed 31 of his paintings at the exhibition.
Frontier Model School and College Managing Director Khawaja Waseem was the chief guest. A large number of people including students visited the exhibition on the first day and showed great interest in the paintings.
The organisers said they organised the exhibition to distance themselves from “the weapons culture” and to show the world that the people of K-P are peace loving.
The speakers at the occasion were of the opinion that it was “awful” that terrorist attacks had become the identity of K-P in media, saying that people from this part of the world are peaceful and have no ties to terrorism. Exhibitions such as these, they said, will go a long way in presenting a softer image of Pakistan in general and K-P in specific.
The paintings, representing almost five years of Dr Basheer’s work, employ watercolours and give a historical-cultural picture of Peshawar. Paintings of Peshawar’s old Qissa Khawani bazaar, Namak Mandi, and other historical buildings and places are on display. Some paintings depict Peshawar from centuries ago.
Visitors at the exhibition stressed the need to arrange more such shows, adding that such encouragement for art was needed at both national and international level.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 9th, 2011.
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