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  • Pakistan wins ‘Best Pavilion Exterior Design’ award at Expo Dubai 2020

    Pakistan wins ‘Best Pavilion Exterior Design’ award at Expo Dubai 2020

    The Pakistan Pavilion has been awarded the best exterior award given by the Burj Ceo.

    After winning the award for the best pavilion exterior design, a statement was issued by the Pakistani pavilion stating that “we are happy to win the award for the best pavilion exterior design at the Dubai Expo”.

    Rashid Rana, one of Pakistan’s most celebrated artists, was asked to transform the Pakistan Pavilion into one of the largest artworks of its kind through his artistic intervention. He has been awarded the country’s third-highest civil award ‘Sitara-e-Imtiaz’.

    “We congratulate the country’s renowned artist and exterior designer of the Pakistani pavilion, Rashid Rana, on receiving the highest civil award Sitara-e-Imtiaz in recognition of his outstanding performance in the field of fine arts,” the Pakistani pavilion said in a Twitter message.

  • ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    ‘World’s largest’ Holy Quran to be showcased in Dubai by Pakistani artist

    A part of the world’s largest Quran made by a Pakistani artist will be showcased at Dubai Expo 2020 which will start in October this year, Khaleej Times reported Tuesday.

    Traditionally, the Quran is inscribed on cloth, paper or leather.

    But a Pakistani artist, who is also a former UAE expat, used aluminium and gold-plated words on a high quality canvas — for the first time.

    The inscription on aluminium is the first in more than 1,400 years of Islamic history.

    The artist, Shahid Rassam, is being facilitated by a Dubai-based Pakistani businessman, Irfan Mustafa.

    Rassam has won many international awards. He started the project five years ago and will be show-casing part of his project at the six-month-long Dubai expo.