Quranic Calligraphy Exhibition Held in Islamabad

Works of around thirty artists were put on display at Sufism and Quranic Calligraphy Art Exhibition at Darbar-e-Aaliya Kalyam Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday.

The exhibition was organised by Saba Khidmat Foundation President Ghulam Hussain Rehmani and was inaugurated by Pakistan Green Task Force President Dr. Jamal Nasir. Darbar-e-Aaliya Kalyam Shrif Sajadda Nasheen Sain Sajid Mehmood was also present on the occasion.

The works of thirty artists including Saima Ashfaq, Ashraf Heera, Wajid Yaqoot, Afrah Fiaz, Mohammad Usman Ghani, Saeed Naz, Zahida Akram, Hafiz Shahzad Ahmad, Hassan Raza, Ghanzafar Abbas, Afra Nasir, Abeeha Zaidi, Saba Afzal Butt, Saba Majeed, Shumaila Islam, Farah Arif, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Noman Munawar, Rehan Munawar, Munawar Islam, Atif Iqbal Qazi, Ambreen Riaz, Seemi Zaidi, Younis Roomi, Sheikh Firdous, Kiran Firdous, Rabia Rani, Salah-ud-Din, Gulzar Ahmad Butt were put on display.

 Dr. Jamal Nasir appreciated different calligraphy styles including ‘Kufi’, ‘Thulth’, ‘Naskh’, ‘Deewani’, ‘Nastaliq’, ‘Rida’, ‘Dewani Jali’, ‘Tulth Jali’, ‘Tughra’, ‘Sunbli’, ‘Muhaqqiq’ by the artists in their work.

 Dr. Jamal Nasir awarded certificates to all participants from Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Hafizabad, Faisalabad, Attock, Okara, Sargodha, Gujranwala and Sheikhupura along with Saba Khidmat Foundation Director Mohammad Shakil Aslam. Dr. Jamal Nasir said that this is a great effort of Ghulam Hussain Rehmani for organising such an exhibition in ‘Darbar-e-Aaliya’.

 Source: The News