PNCA to set up regional centers in G-B
Arts council, cultural department sign MoU
ISLAMABAD:
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) and Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology and Museum Department of Gilgit Baltistan on Wednesday.
PNCA DG Dr Fouzia Saeed and Minister for Culture Gilgit Baltistan Raja Nasir Ali inked the agreement.
The MoU will allow PNCA to set up its Regional Culture Centre in GB for collaborative programmes of mutual interest and understanding to share a common objective for promotion of cultural activities such as art, cultural education, dissemination of related information including the transmission of knowledge and cultural development and training of human resource in the fields of art and culture.
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‘Neelo to remain immortal’
February 1, 2021
Islamabad : Pakistan National Council of the Arts Director-General Dr Fouzia Saeed has condoled the death of film actress of yesteryears Madam Neelo Shahid and prayed she rest in peace. On behalf of myself and staff of Pakistan National Council of the Arts, we pay our respects to the great leading lady of Pakistani screen who enriched our films with her unforgettable performances in films like Beti, Lado, Banjaran, and Payal Ki Jhankar, she said in a message.
The PNCA DG said Neelo s career in films started with Bhawani junction and Dulla Bhatti in 1956 and very soon she reached the heights of popularity in Nagin in 1959.
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“Later, they tried to control us, but that is the one thing we peasant women are good at avoiding.” Aqeela Naz, lead activist, Women Peasant Movement of Punjab
Women in Pakistan have been demanding rights pertaining to matters of land (in Punjab) and to fisherfolk (in Sindh), the protection of female healthcare workers, and action against sexual harassment in the workplace for many years now. Primary data on collective efforts of the last three decades suggests that women hailing from rural and urban areas alike have been successful and influential social rights activists.
In her latest book, On Their Own Terms: Early 21st Century Women’s Movements in Pakistan, activist, researcher and writer Fouzia Saeed writes from her own experiences and presents the outcome of her findings from research that began in 2012 about successful Pakistani women-led movements.
December 20, 2020
Social activist, gender expert Dr Fouzia Saeed talks to The News on Sunday about the 10 years of The Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, the challenges in its implementation, the successes and the amendments to the law.
Social activist, gender expert and author, Dr Fouzia Saeed talks to The News on Sunday over Zoom, about the 10 years of The Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, the challenges in its implementation, the successes and the amendments to the law.
The News on Sunday (TNS): It’s been ten years since the historic sexual harassment law was passed. What has the implementation progress been like in these 10 years?