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(B. 01.10.1952) |
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Graduated from
National College of Arts, 1976. Design Engineer, Punjab Small
Industries Corporation Lahor. More then fifty group shows in
Pakistan and abroad. Had one-man shows, 1977 two-men show at
National Centre, Lahore. Lahore 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990,
1992, 1993, 1996; Islamabad 1980, 1996. Won several awards;
designed various programme for Pakistan Television, 1974 to
1976 and illustrated. |
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| Gateway
To Jehangir's Tomb, 1978 |
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his father Akbar the Great, Emperor Jahangir had a special place
for Lahore in his heart. So when the fourth Great Mughal died
on 28 October 1627, at the age of 58, on his express wish he
was buried on the northern bank of the Ravi at Shahdara. The
tomb was completed after ten years in 1638. It is situated in
a splendid, enclosed garden spread over 72 acres, known as Bagh-i-Dilkusha.
The gateway to the tomb has lost its colourful ornamentation
but not its silent grandeur. |
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| General
Post Office, 1997 |
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the distinctive Muslim-South Asian style, the red-brick building
of the General Post Office, or GPO, dominates the crossing of
Nabha and Mcleod Roads and the Mall. |
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| Tomb
Of Bahadur Khan, 1996 |
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contrast to the breath-taking brilliance of the Wazir Khan's
Mosque, the majesty of the Badshahi Mosque and the quiet splendour
of Jahangir's tomb, here is the despoiled, damaged, vandalised
structure stripped to its essentials. It withstood the rampage
of the Sikhs, British irreverence when it was used a dancing
hall and the ravages of time, and continues to convey the transience
of life with telling stillness. |
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| Kamran's
Baradari / 'Pavilion', 1995 |
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the earliest surviving Mughal monument in Lahore, Mirza Kamran's
Baradari, Pavilion, was built in 1535. It stood in an extensive
garden laid out by the younger brother of the second Mughal
emperor, Humayun (1530-1540 and 1555 - 1556). Kamran took possession
of Lahore and became ruler of Punjab, Kabul and Qandhar. His
rule in Lahore was marked by construction of beautiful gardens
and palaces. When the river Ravi changed its course between
1719 and 1748, it swept away most of the gardens and left the
pavilion, as it stands today, above the Ravi waters, in splendid
isolation. |
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