Zubair Qureshi
Painting exhibition on the theme of mountains, women, water and biodiversity went on display at the Rawalpindi Art Gallery in connection with 9th Pakistan Mountain Festival.
Organized by the Devcom-Pakistan (Development Communications Network) in collaboration with Rawalpindi Arts Council and Rawalpindi Women University, the weeklong exhibition showcases the selected work of students’ live painting competition organised a couple of days back at the Rawalpindi Women University.
Vice Chancellor Rawalpindi Women University Dr Alia Sohail Khan was the chief guest. She also distributed prizes among the winners in two categories of postgraduate and undergraduate. The top four prize winners in the first category included Sehrish Fatima, Farhana Munir, Ghousia Qadeer and Rimsha Saeed respectively. They all are the postgraduate students from the Rawalpindi Women University.
The first four winners in the undergraduate category included Roobia Zulfiqar from the Comwave Institute Sarhad University, Zoobia Arif from International Islamic University, Fatima Umer from Islamabad Model College for Girls F-7/2, Fida Muhammad from the International Islamic University respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, she urged the youth take care of the natural resources and play their in creating awareness among the masses. It is very important to take preventive measures for the mountain resources on which the life downstream depends on. The fragile ecosystems in the highlands need our immense attention to curb our carbon footprint too.
The Devcom-Pakistan Director and founder of the Pakistan Mountain Festival Munir Ahmed said: youth can play significant role in engaging citizens and promoting the individual social responsibility and creating awareness on the mountain conservation challenges.
He said: about 50 oil-on-canvas paintings are reflect the youth’s creative flair and enthusiasm to highlight the beauty and natural resources of mountains. These images can play central role in sensitising the people downstream about the marvels of nature up there. These mountains are not only the main sources of water, minerals, gems, biodiversity but they are the hub living cultural heritage, craft, music and literary traditions.
