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'''Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori''' (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes.<ref>[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004]</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html| |
'''Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori''' (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani [[painter]] known for his socio-political themes.<ref>[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328120404/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040911/gallery2.htm |date=28 March 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Jang">{{cite news |last=Salwat |first=Ali |date=20 September 2007 |title=Nagori – Voice of conscience |url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |newspaper=[[Daily Jang]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004144821/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2007 |access-date=9 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/103997/legend-lost-political-painter-ar-nagori-passes-away/ |title=Legend lost: Political painter AR Nagori passes away |publisher=The Express Tribune|date=15 January 2011}}</ref> He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958.<ref>{{cite book|last=Romasa|first=Amber|title=Nagori : voice of conscience|editor=Karachi : Foundation for Museum of Modern Art|publisher=Oxford : Oxford University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-969-8896-02-7}}</ref> He taught at the [[University of Sindh]] in [[Jamshoro]], [[Pakistan]] where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts. |
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| death_date = Jan, 14th, 2011 |
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| nationality = Pakistani |
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| spouse = Mehfooza Diwan Nagori |
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| alma_mater = 1961–65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), [[University of the Punjab]], Lahore |
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| awards = President's [[Pride of Performance Award]] |
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He was honoured with President's [[Pride of Performance|Pride of Performance Award]] announced on 14 August 2010.<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |title=President confers civil awards on independence Day |publisher=Pakistan Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313004500/http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=13789 |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref> He was married to Mehfooza Diwan Nagori. |
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== Exhibitions == |
== Exhibitions == |
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*1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.<ref name="Jang"/><ref |
*1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.<ref name="Jang"/><ref>[http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/chronicle/1982.htm Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan]</ref> |
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*1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by [[Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists]] (PFUJ). |
*1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by [[Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists]] (PFUJ). |
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*1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.<ref name=newsline> |
*1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.<ref name=newsline>{{cite magazine |author=Salwat Ali |date=June 2004 |title=The Art of Protest |url=http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |magazine=[[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]] |access-date=29 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009031601/http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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*1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the Los Angeles Times.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|title=Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy |
*1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |last=Fineman |first=Mark |date=27 November 1988 |title=Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-27-mn-1061-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.<ref name=newsline /><ref>[http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 Bonhams Auction] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083016/http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=ASIA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3825641&iSaleNo=16393&iSaleSectionNo=1 |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref> |
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*1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists. |
*1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists. |
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*1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.<ref name=newsline |
*1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.<ref name=newsline/> |
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*1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger. |
*1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger. |
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*1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore. |
*1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore. |
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*2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at [http://www.vmartgallery.org/about_us V.M. Art Gallery], Karachi.<ref>[http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004]</ref> |
*2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at [https://archive.today/20130416031103/http://www.vmartgallery.org/about_us V.M. Art Gallery], Karachi.<ref>[http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726024828/http://www.theimpressionists.net/nagori/Herald%20p150%20-%20June%202004.htm |date=26 July 2012 }}</ref> |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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*2011: Pride of Performance |
*2011: Pride of Performance |
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== Published letters == |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2001/11/26/letted.htm#12 National Art Gallery, Daily Dawn Newspaper, November 26, 2001] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/05/14/letted.htm#5 Shifting of Archives, Daily Dawn, May 14, 2002] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/09/01/letted.htm#6 Pride of Performance, Daily Dawn September 01, 2002] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/09/12/letted.htm#4 When Merit Suffers, Daily Dawn, September 12, 2002] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/10/14/fea.htm#3 On Khushwant Singh, Daily Dawn, October 14, 2002] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2002/12/09/letted.htm#7 Artists and political subjects, Daily Dawn, December 09, 2002] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2004/10/03/letted.htm#4 Mulk Raj Anand, Daily Dawn, October 03, 2004] |
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== Published articles == |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_change_for_the_worse.pdf A change for the worse, The Star, January 9, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/can_art_be_called_islamic.pdf Can Art be called Islamic? The Star Newspaper April 13, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_search_in_the_wrong_direction.pdf A search in the wrong direction, The Star, June 12, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/art_and_the_pakistani_press.pdf Art and the Pakistani Press, The Star, August 7, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_artists_place_in_society.pdf The artists' place in society, September 4, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_wily_serpent_lives.pdf The wily serpent lives, The Star, December 4, 1986] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/riveras_resolution.pdf Riveras Resolution, The Star, May 21, 1987] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_arts_as_social_awacks.pdf The arts as social AWACKS, The Star Newspaper, October 8, 1987] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/a_land_of_equal_opportunity.pdf A land of equal opportunity] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/in_scorn_of_official_overtures.pdf In scorn of official overtures] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/the_unaesthetic_realities_of_life.pdf The unaesthetic realities of life] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/trading_horses_for_art.pdf Trading Horses for Art, The News International, December 7, 1992] |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com/gallery/pdf/art_under_dictatorship.pdf Art under dictatorship, Seminar Paper read at Goethe Institute, Karachi, October 18, 1996] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.arnagori.com Official Website of A. R. Nagori] |
*[http://www.arnagori.com Official Website of A. R. Nagori] |
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*[http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/17/copyright-the-estate-of-a-r-nagori.html The loss of a free thinker: A.R.Nagori, DAWN newspaper, January 17, 2011] |
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*[http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2011-weekly/nos-23-01-2011/enc.htm#3 After Nagori: The man who spoke his mind and painted what he believed in…, The News International, January 23, 2011] |
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*[http://himalmag.com/blogs/blog/2011/01/19/a-r-nagori-the-unreasonable-man-1939-2011/ AR Nagori: The Unreasonable Man (1939–2011), Himal Southasian, January 19, 2011] |
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*[http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/23/in-memoriam-the-voice-of-conscience-abdul-rahim-nagori-1938-%E2%80%93-2011.html In memoriam: The voice of conscience Abdul Rahim Nagori, 1938 – 2011, Daily Dawn Newspaper, January 23, 2011] |
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*[http://www.dawn.com/2002/07/14/local16.htm Tribute paid to Ali Imam, Daily Dawn, July 14, 2002] |
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*[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/040508/gallery3.htm Return to the Sphinx, Daily Dawn Newspaper, Gallery, May 04, 2004] |
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*[http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/06/the-art-of-protest-2/ The Art of Protest, Newsline Magazine, June Edition, 2004] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/2005/03/09/fea.htm Sadequain Remembered, Daily Dawn Newspaper, March 9, 2005] |
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*[http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2006-weekly/nos-20-08-2006/enc.htm#2 Portrait of a Protest, The News International, August 20, 2006] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/gallery/archive/060826/gallery5.htm Rebel with a cause, Daily Dawn Newspaper, August 26, 2006] |
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*[http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/060917/books2.htm Book Review: The paintings on the wall, Daily Dawn Newspaper, September 17, 2006] |
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*[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/sep2007-weekly/tapest-20-09-2007/index.html#1 Nagori–Voice of conscience, The News International, September 20, 2007] |
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*[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\03\02\story_2-3-2008_pg12_10 Remembering Colin David, Daily Times, March 2, 2008] |
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{{Pride of Performance for Arts}} |
{{Pride of Performance for Arts}} |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Pioneer of Socio-Political Painting in Pakistan. |
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| DATE OF DEATH =Friday, 14 January 2011 |
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[[Category:1939 births]] |
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[[Category:2011 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Pakistani painters]] |
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[[Category:Modern painters]] |
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[[Category:Pakistani educators]] |
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[[Category:Pakistani activists]] |
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[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:29, 7 November 2024
Prof. Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939 – 14 January 2011) was a Pakistani painter known for his socio-political themes.[1][2][3] He has held one-man exhibitions since 1958.[4] He taught at the University of Sindh in Jamshoro, Pakistan where he founded and headed the department of Fine Arts.
Abdul Rahim Nagori | |
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Born | 1939 |
Died | Jan, 14th, 2011 Karachi |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Alma mater | 1961–65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), University of the Punjab, Lahore |
Spouse | Mehfooza Diwan Nagori |
Awards | President's Pride of Performance Award |
He was honoured with President's Pride of Performance Award announced on 14 August 2010.[5] He was married to Mehfooza Diwan Nagori.
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1982: Anti-militarism and violence exhibition which got censored and banned by the martial law regime.[2][6]
- 1983: Anti martial law exhibition, sponsored by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
- 1986: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition held at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Most powerful exhibition of his career where he exposed 62 different awful national events which shook the conscience of the nation.[7]
- 1988: Anti-dictatorship Exhibition, "Road to Democracy", held at Indus Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Reviewed by Mark Fineman of the Los Angeles Times.[8] Painted the evils of society by evolving new alphabet symbols for children, basing them on the events which took place in preceding two years. Bomb blasts, crime, dacoities, guns, heroin, Ojhri, Kalashnikov, rape etc. became new symbols of the alphabet.[7][9]
- 1990: "I am you" Anti-violence exhibition, large hoarding for display on road side, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, participated by International Artists.
- 1990: "Women of Myth and Reality" exhibition at Indus Gallery, Karachi. Repudiated the treatment meted out to the women.[7]
- 1992: Exhibition on minority, held at Chawkhandi Art Gallery, Karachi. A series of 40 paintings was again a process of social and political protest for the mute, bewildered and confused society which finds itself full of tears, shame, anguish and anger.
- 1994: Exhibition "Black amongst Blacks" held at Lahore Art Gallery, Lahore.
- 2004: Exhibition "Return to Sphinx" held at V.M. Art Gallery, Karachi.[10]
Education
[edit]- 1961–65: B.A. (Hon), Fine Arts (Painting), M.A. Fine Arts (Painting), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Served as
[edit]- 1965–66: Lecturer, Dept of Fine Arts, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
- 1966–67: Head of Fine Arts, Cadet College Kohat, Kohat.
- 1966–70: Education Officer, Pakistan Air Force.
- 1970: Founder Head Dept. of Fine Art at University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
- 1985–1995: Professor, Fine Arts, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
- 1983–86: Member BOG, National College of Arts, Lahore.
- 1984–85: Member NAHE, University Grants Commission, Islamabad.
- 1984: Chairman, Curriculum Committee, Art Teachers Training Programme, Ministry of Education, Islamabad.
- 1997–98: Advisor, Federal College of Art and Design, Jamshoro.
- 1996–1997: Director, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Ministry of Culture.
- 1998–: Member BOG, Shaukat Suriya College of Liberal Arts, Hamdard University, Karachi.
- 1998:Member BOG, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Ministry of Culture.
Awards
[edit]- 2011: Pride of Performance
References
[edit]- ^ In the name of peace, Daily Dawn, 2004 Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Salwat, Ali (20 September 2007). "Nagori – Voice of conscience". Daily Jang. Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
- ^ "Legend lost: Political painter AR Nagori passes away". The Express Tribune. 15 January 2011.
- ^ Romasa, Amber (2006). Karachi : Foundation for Museum of Modern Art (ed.). Nagori : voice of conscience. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-969-8896-02-7.
- ^ "President confers civil awards on independence Day". Pakistan Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
- ^ Brush with authority, The Chronicle of Pakistan
- ^ a b c Salwat Ali (June 2004). "The Art of Protest". Newsline. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ Fineman, Mark (27 November 1988). "Crises Loom for Pakistan Along Road to Democracy". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Bonhams Auction Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Reality Bites, Herald Magazine, p150, June Issue, 2004 Archived 26 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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