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M.A. Punjab
University, Lahore 1976; M.A. art and design, Kingston University,
London, 1995. Won several awards: 1972, 1973, 1976, 1991. Group
shows at various venues London 1993-1996, Teddington, Surrey,
Kingston, Chertsey, UK; Abu Dhabi, 1994; Lahore 1982, 1984-1991,
1997; Islamabad 1986,1996. |
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museum collection was initially housed in the Baradari of Wazir
Khan. To the Punjab Exhibition building it was shifted until
a proper building was conceived, adjacent to the Mayo School
of Arts. The foundation stone was laid on 3 February, 1890 by
Prince Albert Vctor, Duke of Clarence, Queen Victoria's grandson.
Known as the Central Museum Building , it was completed in 1884.
Conceived in re brick and red sand-stone, it displays the finest
Gandhara sculpture, the Fasting Buddha. |
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