Children festival concludes at PNCA with creative flair

Islamabad: The two-day long Children Festival concluded with the display of creative expression by the students of twin-cities here on Wednesday at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).

The festival was part of the series of events being organised by the PNCA to mark the 70th Independence Day of Pakistan. Syed Jamal Shah, the PNCA Director General was the chief guest on the occasion who also distributed prizes among the participants and winners.

Speaking on the occasion the PNCA Director General Syed Jamal Shah said, “We shall appreciate the children for their creative pursuits and encourage them to take part in such kind of activities. Either private or the government, every school shall have its performing and creative arts societies. We lack a cultural policy that should be developed with the consensus and participation of the political parties to give the national an inclusive cultural framework.”

The Director General said, art and culture knit the human being in a relationship of understanding, harmony and peaceful coexistence. We need to educate our children the beauty of cultural diversity.

Several tableaus were presented by the students of local schools including OPF Girls College, F-Block, Satellite Town, Islamabad Model School for Boys, G-10, Bahria Foundation School, Chandni Chowk, Divisional Public School, City School, The Play School, and Quality Public School. The students showed their performing art skills very well though they have limited grooming opportunities.

Some students of these schools also presented the national songs and speeches on the topic related to the importance of independence and nationalism. Aila Malik, and the two students of the Mausikaar Foundation Dawood and Zakaria got big applause for their rendition of the national songs.  

The students of PNCA children summer camp also performed on the occasion whereas their artwork was also put on display. The teachers of the summer camp were also presented with the certificates of appreciation. They included Shabeela Shahzadi, Nadia Raza, Hunzalah, Bushra Siddique, Sana Bashir, Nisha Ahmed Malik, Sumera Yousaf, Nasir Seemab and Madiha.  

The Director Devcom-Pakistan Munir Ahmed said “to groom the culturally sensitive talent of the students we need cultural incubators at schools where they shall go through summer cultural exposure workshops followed by the assignments. This mechanism shall promote more culturally groomed active citizens.