President Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi approves 17 Sub-Committees.

For the promotion of cultural activities and to create a positive image of the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) Karachi, the Governing Body of the council has approved 17 different Sub-Committees.

The Governing Body of the ACP Karachi has approved 17 Sub-Committees. Each committee will be chaired by a member of the Governing Body. The meeting of the Governing Body was held under the chairmanship of the President ACP Karachi, Muhammad Ahmad Shah in which the chairpersons of the following committees were elected.

S NO	MEMBER	COMMITTEE
01	Talat Hussain	Drama Committee
02	Dr. S.M Qaiser Sajjad	Medical & Social Welfare
03	Kashif Grami	Special Events Committee
04	Qudsia Akbar	Fine Arts Committee
05	Munawar Saeed	Artist Liaison & Production Committee
06	Muhammad Iqbal Lateef	Library Committee
07	Noor-ul-Huda Shah	Performing Arts Committee
08	Ambreen Haseeb Amber	Poetry & Literary Committee
09	Syed Saadat Ali Jafri	Stage Shows Committee
10	Bashir Khan Saddozoi	Press & Publication Committee
11	Dr. Mohammad Ayub Shaikh	Folk & Heritage Committee
12	Nusrat Haris	Electronic Media Committee
13	Shakeel Khan	Talk Shows Committee
14	Uzma Alkarim	Youth Committee
15	Chand Gul Shah	Women Empowerment Committee
16	Ikhlaq Ahmed	Fiction-Literary Committee
17	Irfan Ullah Khan	Administration Committee

‘13th Aalmi Urdu Conference’ to commence from 03rd December 2020 – Ahmed Shah.

13^th Aalmi Urdu Conference’ is scheduled to start in the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) Karachi from 03^rd December 2020. This was announced by President, Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Mohammad Ahmed Shah in a press conference held at lawns of ACP Karachi.

“Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi has been successfully hosting the Aalmi Urdu Conference for last 12 years, however this year the conference will be different from all the previous conferences due to Corona outbreak. The overseas literary personalities will mark their presence digitally in the conference”, these views were expressed by president ACP Karachi Mohammad Ahmed Shah in a press conference.

Addressing the press conference President ACP Karachi Mohammad Ahmed Shah said “due to corona outbreak this year the conference will be limited. Masood Qamar from Sweden, Ghazal Ansari from the UK, Tahira Kazmi from Muscat, and Farhat Parveen from America will join the conference.  Whereas the prominent personalities of Pakistan Zia Mohyuddin, Anwer Maqsood, Sohail Ahmed, Humayun Saeed, Nadeem Baig, Yasir Hussain, Sohail Waraich, Aasma Shirazi, Haseena Moin, Peerzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Zehra Nigah, Asad Mohammad Khan, Hasan Manzar, Anwer Shour, Mazhar Abbas, Dr. Shehrshah Syed, Kishwar Naheed, Abbasin Yosufzai, Shah Mohammad Marri and others will be the part of the conference.”

The ‘13^th Aalmi Urdu Conference’ will be held from 03^rd December ~ 06^th December 2020 at ACP Karachi. This year the conference will hold the sessions in all regional languages of Pakistan including Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Siraiki, and Balochi. At the conference, there will be a session ‘Bayaad-e-Asif Farrukhi’ in the memory of late literary critic personality Asif Aslam Farrukhi.

This 4 day Aalmi Urdu Conference will also have sessions like Education, Poetry, Culture, Literature, languages, youth Mushaira, Aalmi Mushaira, and many others.

On the occasion of this announcement Secretary ACP Karachi Ejaz Ahmed Farooqi, Treasurer ACP Karachi Qudsia Akbar and senior actor Munawar Saeed was present.

Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) Karachi organises a ceremony to pay homage to renowned actor Qavi Khan.

“I do not feel ashamed to say that wherever I go, I come to the peace at Arts Council and find it nowhere else. Ahmad Shah is a great man and I am very grateful to him for organizing this event and the way the council stands with the artists in every bad time is commendable, I have learned a lot in my life, I learn something from my juniors every day,” these views were expressed by renowned actor Qavi Khan in Karachi. He did so at a ceremony in his honor at the Arts Council.

Sharing his life experiences with Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmad Shah, Qavi Khan said that; “there is a lot of silence and loneliness in my life. I am satisfied by entrusting everything to Allah and it would be great fun to live with my faith”.

Acknowledging the services of President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah, Qavi Khan said that; “he has a wonderful personality”.

Speaking on the occasion, well-known actor Behrooz Sabzwari said that; “he was grateful to Ahmad Shah for paying homage to the artists in his lifetime. The Arts Council is the best institution for the Artists. I am not able to talk much about Qavi Khan’s performance”.

Speaking on the occasion, senior actor Aurangzeb Leghari said that; “Qavi Khan taught me the style of acting and whatever I am today, is because of Qavi Khan”.

On this occasion, senior actor Munawar Saeed said that; “my relationship with Qavi Khan is 60 years old, the person who introduced me on television was Qavi Khan, may Allah bless Qavi Khan with more honor”.

President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah while talking to Qavi Khan highlighted various aspects of his life. Qavi Khan shared various experiences of his life with the audience. While a large number of people who love Qavi Khan attended the ceremony.

President ACP Karachi Ahmad Shah discussing with legendary actor Qavi Khan.