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 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) and the Unesco on Wednesday launched a book focusing on Unesco World Heritage sites in Pakistan including Lahore Fort, Makli Necropolis, Rohtas Fort, Shalimar Garden, Moenjadaro, Takht Bahi, Taxila.
The UNESCO country director Maurice Robson praised the author Ayesha Pamela Rogers as well as photographer Asad Zaidi who took two months to capture the heritage locations.
However, the lesson that the books and the pictures impart is to remember past heritage, hold them precious and remember ‘what has happened in the past.’
Maurice expressed the hope that visitors coming to the exhibition would not only be content with seeing the photos but go to the sites.
The PNCA director general Tauqir thanked Unesco and director Maurice while mentioning also the continuing cooperation between the two organizations, and for his kind gesture in seeing to it that the book as well as photo exhibitions were arranged before he left for home at the end of his assignment in Pakistan.
Another item of cultural preservation was to be found in the PNCA programmes Abbasin Rang and Bolan Rang which reeked with illustration of our rich folk music, and the value of inestimable musical instruments. One could only sway with the lyrics in Gul Lagi Ila Lagi sung by Farzana Bahar.
Then we had an item by a renowned Pushtu speaking Baloch who delighted the audience with his humorous verses, including one that referred to the shoes thrown at former President George Bush by an Iraqi journalist. |
