Pak children to take part in Japan art contest

LAHORE

Nine children, who won the 11th Dream Art Contest Pakistan, will compete in World Contest in Japan. Three times previously world winners included Pakistani children.

According to a press release issued here Monday, Dream Art Contest is an annual contest held in two sections; the local contest is followed by the world contest in Japan. Children are encouraged to paint their dream car.

Ali Asghar Jamali said Pakistani children are immensely gifted. It is very unfortunate that we do not have a lot of platforms to bring this talent out. This art contest is aimed to showcase talent of our children to the world. The company has been arranging this contest for last six years and it is getting bigger and better every year. We have reached 650 schools across Pakistan and received 23,000 entries. Next year we are aiming to reach 1,000 schools across Pakistan,’ he added.

The children under 16 years of age are broadly divided into three categories as per age. For the first time, a category targeting children with special needs was also included in the competition, named Royal.

The winners of the first category (children under 8 years of age) were Maryam Faraz, Haziq Aftab and Syed Wali Zaidi. The winners of the second category (children aged 8 to 11) were M Umar Nadeem, M Yousuf Memon and Ibrahim Ahmed Qureshi. Similarly, the winners of the third category (children aged 11 to 15) were Sufiyan Salman, Khubaib Ahmed Qureshi and Reeva Nadeem.  The winners of this category named as ‘Royal’ for children with special needs were Usman Ghani, Noreen Ameer and Hassan Javed.