PAC pores over plan for cultural activities

BoM proposes that programme should be designed to promote local singers and poets in last week of January

ISLAMABAD:

The Punjab Council of the Arts held a Board of Management meeting (BoM) at their Murree office to deliberate on plans for cultural activities.

According to a statement, the second meeting was presided over by renowned poet and scholar Muhammad Asif Mirza. At the onset of the huddle, a PUCAR official presented the execution report for previous BoM meeting decisions which was appreciated by the board.

However, she further elaborated that due to the upcoming elections, the cultural activities funds were not released last month. “This will be a challenge for us to execute the proposed cultural activities this month.” She urged the BoM to come forward to propose new options. The president of the BoM asked the forum to be more participatory in the next meeting.

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He stated the present weather was the cause of such attendance as people generally moved to other cities. Later, the president discussed the proposed cultural activities which were facing a shortage of funds and asked the members to design programmes with a minimal budget for January.

Moreover, it was proposed that a programme should designed to promote local singers and poets in the last week of January.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 10^th, 2024.