Over 100 artists join Quaid-i-Azam 150th birthday calligraphy and painting exhibition in Quetta

QUETTA: A calligraphy and painting exhibition was held today under the Directorate of Culture, Government of Balochistan, as part of events marking the upcoming 150th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

More than 100 well-known and emerging artists from across the province took part and showed their work. Through their brushes and colours, the artists portrayed on canvas the life and services of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, his thought and his historic role in the Pakistan Movement.

The paintings and calligraphy works on display drew wide praise from participants and art lovers. The main aim of the event, in view of the upcoming 150th birth anniversary, is to introduce the new generation to the principles of Quaid-i-Azam and to give the talented artists of Balochistan a fine platform.