Awards

ACIAC Graduation Award Ceremony

October 19, 2019 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

ACIAC Graduation Award Ceremony 2018-19. It is often said that "Your employment isn’t ensured by your qualification but by your...

Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, 23rd Talent Award

October 13, 2019 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, 23rd Talent Award 2018, ceremony was held at AC Auditorium, Arts Council Karachi. The event was...

Alamdar-e-Urdu Award: Another honor for President Arts Council

September 1, 2019 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Arts Council of Pakistan is proud to announce another win of President Muhammad Ahmad Shah upon receiving Alamdar-e-Urdu award by...

15th Sathee Writers Awards 2019

July 28, 2019 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

The 15th edition of "Sathee Writers Awards" for the years 2017-18 was held at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi,...

9th Tehzeeb Festival and Awards held at the Arts Council Karachi

April 21, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

These kind of festivals are very rare and should be done on a regular basis "Governor Sindh Mr. Muhammad Zubair" ...

Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, 22nd Talent Award 2017

March 4, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Dr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, 22nd Talent Award 2017 organized by the Jamat Islah e Qaum Social Welfare Society and the...

Karachi Youth Festival 2017-18 begin, prominent singer Asim Azhar performed live

February 17, 2018 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Arts Council of Karachi is constantly making efforts to provide an entertainment platform to the youth of the city in...

DG NAB distribute Cash Rewards to participants

October 26, 2017 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Inter-Schools Calligraphy Competition: DG NAB Karachi Mohammad Altaf Bawany participated in Cash Awards distribution ceremony.

NAB Karachi organized an Inter-Schools Calligraphy Competition

October 20, 2017 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

In order to raise awareness against corruption, NAB Karachi organized an Inter-Schools Calligraphy Competition. DG NAB Mohammad Altaf Bawany was...

Muhammad Ali Award 2017 & An evening with Honey Khan

April 25, 2017 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Muhammad Ali Award 2017 & An evening with Honey Khan on 25th April 2017 at Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi...

Tribute to Film Star Shabnam by Special Event Committee

April 17, 2017 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Arts Council of Pakistan paid tribute to yesteryear film star Shabnam in a ceremony under supervision of President Ahmed Shah...

All Sindh Inter Distt. Painting Competition

August 13, 2016 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

All Sindh Inter Distt. Painting Competition, Independence Day Celebrations by Education & Literacy Department Govt. of Sindh with the Collaboration...

Naat Competition & Awards Distribution

June 8, 2016 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Naat Competition & Best Performance Awards by Arts Council & ABMWO on 8th June 2016

Jalib Peace Award 2016

April 30, 2016 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Jalib Peace Award was given to Social & Political Activist Dr. Abdul Hai Baloch on the occasion of 23rd Memorial...

Mohenjo daro Award

October 23, 2014 Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Mohenjo daro Awards on 23rd October 2014

Arts Council goes digital under Covid19

With the onset of COVID19, Arts Council has taken the initiative since March 2020 to make premium artistic content available digitally to its loyal members, supporters and art enthusiasts. Efforts on every artistic front is underway to make music, poetry, storytelling, theater and dance performances available to the youth and public so that this challenging time under quarantine and lockdown can be eased for everyone. Apart from making performances, poetry, lectures and talks available online, Arts Council is working to begin a digital Music talent hunt competition and plan its execution digitally in order to revive original Pakistani musical compositions.

There is a dire need to support the artists, youth and elderly all over the globe post this devastating pandemic. Thus the Council is striving to keep the performing arts alive with its digital resources and limited staff members who are all committed to the organization’s goals fostering artistic camaraderie and dedicated to serve digital content to keep music, dance, theater and fine arts alive in Pakistan as well as across our borders.

The hope is that millions of starved art, music, theater, dance and poetry lovers will join our digital community to make this hope a reality as we move forward with Arts Council’s myriad digital and artistic campaigns.

The Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi is the most happening institution in the field of arts and arts education in the country and we have utilized this interim lull period to make several new developments in infrastructure and educational curriculum. We have designed the way forward and that way is definitely digital.

Since Karachi has rapidly adapted to the changing work environment post the global pandemic of COVD19. Whilst in-person gatherings have ceased due to intensive social distancing, our organization has continued to grow digital initiatives and we are proud to announce four major new programs under our Digital Production House. These initiatives include, but are not limited to:

ACP Poetry: Celebrating Poets of Yore

This initiative will be seen reviving an archive of over 400 works of poetry through a digital video library which will include poets of both current and even have orators recite works of legendary poets posthumously. Few poets who have come forward to recite their own work include: Mr. Ahmed Naved, Anwar Shaoor, Rehana Roohi, and Ajmal Siraj. Posthumous poetry archive will include but not be limited to legends such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Alama Iqbal, Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib, and Mir Taki Mir.

ACP Readings:

Celebrating Legendary Writers

This digital initiative will digitally record, archive, produce and publish an audio-visual version of the country’s finest Urdu writers through dramatic recitation and re-enactment by our organizations finest Theater artists and professors. The works include but are not limited to these legendary writers: Sadat Hassan Manto, Ismat Chugtai, MushtaqYusufi, Pitras Bukhari, and Ibn e Insha.

ACP Music:

Creating Original Pakistani Musics a proud initiative of the Council to utilize hidden musical talent and record, mix, produce and digitally release original music recordings, records of Eastern and Western instruments, and new compositions which will encapsulate local talent.

ACP Dramas

This video, digital and stage initiative will come together to produce original theater plays, teleplays and radio plays which will be made accessible to everyone nationally and internationally via a digital platform. Artists will come together to script, act, direct, design and produce content which will be par excellence and will breathe a fresh air into the world of content consumption at a global level. This initiative will also revive the country’s golden era of television and theater by reproducing and adapting Pakistan’s most loved scripts such as Ankahi by Hasina Moin, Aangan Tehra by Anwar Maqsood and many more.

ACP Talks:

Educational, informational knowledge and lots of infotainment will now be available for all on the official YouTube channel of Arts Council. Talks, lectures, discussions and panels will be filmed on youth related topics, arts and entertainment will be filmed and uploaded for public viewing on a regular basis. Another component of ACP talks will be interviews with prominent personalities and key public figures.