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Government of Pakistan issued a comemorative stamp on the PCG 4th International Exhibition and Competition of Calligraphy and Calligraph-Art 2004
Introduction
The Pakistan Calligraph Artists Guild was founded in the golden jubilee year of Pakistan, 1997.It is the only registered non-Government, walfare organization in Pakistan dedicated to the time-honoured heritage of penmanship. This important tradition of human endeavour is under serious threat because of the current technologicalemphasis.The PCG depends purely on its own initiative and has taken upon itself to:Preserve, promote and propagate traditional Calligraphy and modern Calligraph-art in all forms including sculpture. PCG was established to save this more than a millennium old tradition from extinction.Lahore had been a great centre of this widely practiised art since the eleventh century-the Ghaznavidperiod on Lahore had seen flowering of many scriptsand added striking vaiations. under the Mughal dynasty it became known throuout SouthAsia and the Middle east for its superb penmanship.Independence of Pakistan only in Lahore , an estimated157 schools of calligraphy flourished. Now unfortunately there arehardly any.In order to address the current object state of affairs, this collective was founded.All scripts by the pen and brush are the domain of the PCG founded. more>
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Farooq Haddad
