Events Endowment Fund Trust > Activities of EFT > Events Sufism – Arts CouncilRead More Winter School Sehwan Makli VisitRead More Talk at Mohatta Micheal BovinRead More Urs Shah Latif – Besant HallRead More Sehwan CM Stone PlacementRead More Karachi Press Club Handover EventRead More An Evening with Mehtab Akbar Rashidi at Basant HallEFT organized an event titled "An Evening with Mehtab Akbar Rashidi," hosted by Dr. Sahar Gul at the Basant Hall in Hyderabad. The event provided a platform for discussion on the life and works of Mehtab Akbar Rashidi. She spoke about her journey in the media industry and the struggles that women face to gain [...]Read More Digitisation of the Shah Jo RaagBoard Approval: 25 April 2019 \ Rs. 2 million In 1997, Secretary EFT along with Shah Jo Raaq faqirs led by maestro Qurban Faqir attended the 50 years celebration programme of the South Asia Society in Washington, USA. On the request of the expat Sindhi community, Shah Jo Raag was performed and recorded on the [...]Read More Geometry in Design: In the Footsteps of the Masters8th History Group workshop, NED University of Engineering and Technology 25-29 March 2019 Funded by EFT and conducted by renowned architect Taimoor Khan Mumtaz, this workshop focused on applying and learning from a rich collection of master craftsmen’s drawings from Pakistan. The primary aim of the workshop was to equip students with basic geometric tools [...]Read More Save Shikarpur Heritage AwarenessDocumentation and Conservation Programme 17 January 2018 - Organised by EFT in collaboration with the District Government of Shikarpur, this programme was held to mark the inauguration of the two-week Heritage Awareness and Documentation/Conservation workshop to celebrate 400 years of Shikarpur’s heritage. Teams from Mehran University, Sindh University and Shah Abdul Latif Unviersity Khairpur conducted [...]Read More Jashn-e-Sukkhur6-8 April 2019 - The first ever three-day literature, arts and culture festival, Jashn-e-Sukkur, was held at the Mehran Cultural Centre Sukkur in April 2019, featuring writers, poets, intellectuals and literature enthusiasts from all over the Sindh. The event was organised by the Divisional Administration Sukkur in collaboration with EFT and Sukkur Municipal Corporation. Jashn-e-Sukkur [...]Read More MAKLI: Symphonies in StoneMakli Necropolis Photographic Exhibition, Mohatta Palace Museum 8 May 2018 - This photographic exhibition was put together jointly by the EFT and the Mohatta Palace Museum. Drone technology has been used extensively to capture aerial views of the necropolis. Photographs by Abdul Hamid Akhund and Aziz Soomro capture the intricate stone carvings and decoration Makli [...]Read More Birth Centenary of Dr. Nabi Baksh Baloch8 December 2017 - To commemorate the birth century of prominent scholar Dr. N. A. Baloch an event was held at the Sindh University in December 2017. Presided over by Vince Chancellor Sindh University Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat, the lecture commemorated Dr Baloch, distinguished scholar and author of more than 150 books in five different [...]Read More Literature Awards 2012-201619 August 2017 - An award distribution ceremony, lauding recent achievements in both creative writing and research in Sindh, was organised by EFT in August 2017 and held at the National Museum auditorium, Karachi. The EFT Board of Trustees decided that cash awards were to be distributed at such a ceremony every five years, in [...]Read More In Memorium: Abdul Hafeez PirzadaMohatta Palace Museum 19 March 2016 - Pakistan lost one of its most prominent legal luminary and author of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan on 1 September 2015. He had presided over the book launch of Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro’s Art and Architecture of Sindh, Tarikh-i-Masumi (edited by Dr Umar bin Muhammad Daudpota) and The History [...]Read More Shikarpur Heritage Watch Day 20164-5 February 2016 - Organized by EFT and NED University Department of Architecture and Planning, a community meeting was held in Shikarpur to advocate for the historic city’s lost heritage, as well as that which is under threat. The venue of the meeting was the C&S Government Degree College, where a number of students participated [...]Read More Abida Parveen Reciting the Shah Jo RaagThe tradition of music has been an integral part of human civilization. Sindh has played an important role in keeping alive the musical tradition of the Indus Valley. The Loras and the Langhas (Loriyans or Loliyans), professional minstrels have promoted this tradition not only in Sindh but far beyond. During the 5th century they accompanied [...]Read More Revisiting BhanboreAn Early Islamic Settlement on the Arabian Sea. Endowment Fund Trust in collaboration with Sindh Culture Department organized a lecture on revisiting Bhanbore. Dr. Rafique Mughal delivered the lecture and opined that based on the evidence there was no Buddist influence in the region at that time particularly in Bhanbore. He referred to Islamic period [...]Read More Discovery of Damrilah: Sister town of Daybul and ThattaMarch 14, 2012 - Endowment Fund Trust arranged a seminar at Mohatta Palace Museum on March 14, 2012. French archaeologist Prof. Monique Kervran delivered her lecture on the discovery of Damrilah (the sister town of Daybul and Thatta). According to the Prof Kervran, Damrilah was situated between Daybul and Thatta, southwest of Bhanbhore, east of [...]Read More 4th Annual ZAB Mediafest2014 March 27, 2014 - Endowment Fund Trust supported the efforts of the students of Szabist to organise a Festival on March 27, 2014 at the Alliance Francaise. The theme of the event was Folk stories and traditions. EFT sponsored artists for the event. The event was held successfully, artist Afshan Ahmed, Akhtar Chanal Zehri, [...]Read More Native Histories RevisitedSeptember 26, 2014 - Three books on the art and history of Sindh — Art and Architecture of Sindh by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro, Tarikh-i-Masumi edited by Dr Umar bin Muhammad Daudpota and The History of the Arghuns and Tarkhans by Dr Mehmoodul Hassan Siddiqui were formally launched by Pakistan’s first minister for culture and legal [...]Read More Shikarpur Watch Day 2014November 20, 2014 - For the third time in the past six years, Shikarpur was featured on the World Monuments Fund’s Watch List 2014, which required it to spread awareness about its importance in the local community by celebrating a ‘Watch Day 2014’ on 20th November 2014. The event was organised by EFT in conjunction [...]Read More Evaluating EFT’s Efforts at RanikotDecember 13, 2014, the Endowment Fund Trust (EFT) hosted an excursion for its trustees and a large group of students, enthusiasts, architects, and media personnel to the Ranikot Fort, fondly known as the ‘Great Wall of Sindh’. Since January 2014, EFT has carried out a significant emergency restoration works on the fortification walls of the [...]Read More
