Painting competition evokes artistic talent in Chakwal

Event highlights Pakistan’s heritage and burgeoning youth talent

RAWALPINDI:

The First Punjab Painting Competition was held in Chakwal at the Deputy Commissioner Complex on Monday.

“Pakistan has a rich history of fine arts painting and sculpture. Traditionally, Pakistani art has been based on Islam and geography. Music, painting, sculpture, poetry and dance are branches of fine arts,” said the Chakwal Deputy Commissioner Quratul Ain Malik who was invited as the chief guest at the competition.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (retired) Bilal Bin Abdul Hafeez and Arts Council Deputy Director Muhammad Shakoor were also present on the occasion.

The chief guest further said that the talent of the youth of Chakwal will come under the limelight through the painting competition.

“There is a lot of interest in art in Pakistan and there is talent among our artists,” the chief guest said while addressing the audience.

Recently an Arts Council was established in Chakwal.

The Arts Council is temporarily functioning in the district complex. As the allotment of land by the government for the permanent Arts Council is in the final stages, the permanent office of the Punjab Arts Council is expected to soon be established. “In the coming years, Chakwal will create its unique place in art and culture,” said the chief guest.

Deputy Director Muhammad Shakoor said that the painters have depicted natural scenes using beautiful colours in the paintings.

“Each painting is very unique in itself with hundreds of emotions embedded in it. There are many ways to express ideas in the field of art but, paintings have a special place in the era of human civilization.

This powerful medium has also preserved thousands of years of human and natural history,” he said.

Dozens of painters from across the district participated in the contests held at the Chakwal District Complex. Abdul Hadi won the first prize, Mehwish Tariq won the second prize and Jawaria Noor won the third prize in the competitions.

At the end of the ceremony, the chief guest also distributed cheques and certificates of appreciation to the position holders.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2024.