Zubair Qureshi
In a bid to further strengthen cultural relations, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and the Embassy of Kazakhstan organized screening of a movie titled “Kazakh Khanate –Diamond Sword” here at PNCA, auditorium on Wednesday. Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs MurtazaSolangi, Caretaker Minister for National Heritage & Culture Jamal Shah Ambassador of Kazakhstan Mr Yerzhan Kistafin, CEO and Chairman of Pakistan Observer Mr Faisal Zahid Malik, Director General PNCA Muhammad Ayoub Jamali, Former ambassador of Pakistan Shaukat Ali Mukadam, Rao Khalid Mehmood Honorary Counsel General Republic of Kazakhstan Lahore and a large number of people attended the movie screening.
Addressing the screening ceremony of a Kazakh movie at the Pakistan National Council of Arts, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi underlined the need for promoting cinemas in the country to foster cultural values of tolerance and harmony in the society. He said, “Nothing impresses, educates and illuminates better than cinema. Probably hundreds of high-pitch, hyperbolic and hyper ventilating speeches cannot educate you like this movie, I am sure, can educate and sensitize you better.”
He expressed gratitude to the ambassador of Kazakhstan and Caretaker Minister for Culture and Heritage Jamal Shah for inviting him to speak on the screening of “Kazakh Khanate”.
Ambassador of Kazakhstan Mr Yerzhan Kistafin briefing about paintings to Federal Minister for National Heritage and Culture, CEO and Chairman of Pakistan Observer Mr Faisal Zahid Malik during movie screening. PO photo
