Kathmandu: The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Zamir Akram, has said that “painting of miniatures was an art form associated with South Asian countries for many centuries and that he was happy to learn that Pakistani youngsters were keeping this glorious tradition alive in the 21 st century”.
Ambassador Akram made these remarks while opening a painting exhibition in Kathmandu the other day entitled “Negotiating Borders-New Miniatures from Pakistan”.
The painting exhibition will continue till the first day of the next month.
The Pakistani diplomat hoped that the present exhibition would be one more milestone in the promotion of the fraternal relations between the peoples of Pakistan and Nepal.
About 36 miniatures are on display at the exhibition at the Siddhartha Art Gallery.
Those who have contributed to this exhibition through their art works are Aisha Khalid; Aqeela Shirazi; Humaira Abid; Imran Qureshi; Mariam Khursheed; Nusra Latif; Reeta Saeed; Saira Wasim; Talha Rathore; Tazeen Qayyum and Waseem Ahmed.
The opening ceremony was attended by a large number of artistes from Nepal, diplomats from various friendly countries and local media men.