Tag: Statue

  • Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander criticises Fox News for calling her sculpture ‘satanic’

    Pakistani artist Shazia Sikandar made international headlines a few weeks ago when her statue ‘Havah…, to breathe, air, life’ was installed on the rooftop of the New York appellate courthouse .

    Conservative US news channel Fox News covered the installation of the statue in Tucker Carlson’s show where he criticized Sikander’s artwork and called it ‘satanic’. He also said that New York officials made a terrible decision to replace former President Thedore Roosevelt’s statue with Havah.
    On her Instagram page, Sikander posted a screenshot of the racist coverage, along with some of the hateful comments she had received over her artwork, calling out their misogyny. She clarified that ‘Havah’ was not a statue of late Supreme Court judge Ruth Badger Ginsberg, however, she did take inspiration from her.

    “Hot Under The Collar
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    @foxnews twisting it for their agenda.
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    NOW is women carrying their roots and histories wherever they may be, with a nod to RBG. It is not a statue of her.”

  • Jinnah’s statue blown up in Gawadar, Balochistan Republican Army takes responsibility

    A statue of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah installed along Gawadar’s Marine Drive has blown up by the militants, BBC Urdu reported.

    Talking to BBC Urdu, DPO Gawadar, Dr Farhan, said that the statue was blown into pieces on Sunday morning around 9:20 am in morning.

    The outlawed Balochistan Republican Army has claimed the responsibility for the attack.

    Gawadar Deputy Commissioner Major Retired Abdul Kabeer said militants who attacked the statue had posed as tourists to get access to the area.

    He said an investigation is underway, though no arrests have been made so far.

    The statue was fitted in a high-security zone near the residence of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) and the office of the Deputy Inspector General in June 2021.

    DC Gawadar said militants had placed an improvised explosive device at the site. Some reports say that a hand grenade had been thrown at the statue.

    Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan has strongly condemned the attack.

    The chief minister said that terrorists would not be allowed to disrupt the peace of the province. He ordered the concerned authorities to instantly arrest the perpetrators of the attack.

    Social media users condemned the act and questioned the security in Gawadar.

    https://twitter.com/SobdarBaloch_/status/1442057738176004104?s=20
  • Bahawalpur Police deny rumours: Samiullah Khan statue intact

    Bahawalpur Police deny rumours: Samiullah Khan statue intact

    Bahawalpur Police, in a tweet, clarified that the statue of hockey legend Samiullah Khan is intact, stating that the police checked it after rumours started circulating on social media about its hockey stick, ball getting stolen again.

    A video on social media shows that the hockey stick and ball were missing, again.

    Prior to this, the police arrested a suspect for stealing the items from the statue. The theft occurred less than two weeks after the statue of hockey player Samiullah was set up at a crossing to honour him.

    However, after that incident, the administration restored the statue to its original condition.

    Khan, now 69, is a former and veteran hockey player. He made Pakistan proud at the international level, winning a bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in Asian Games 1978, 1982.

  • Hockey stick, ball stolen again from statue of Samiullah Khan

    Hockey stick, ball stolen again from statue of Samiullah Khan

    A thief in Bahawalpur again stole a hockey and a ball from the statue of the former hockey player, Samiullah Khan.

    As per reports, the thief made a video after stealing the hockey then put it back on the statue.

    Police say they have initiated a search operation to look for the suspect. While the cantonment board has announced to install CCTV cameras with the statue.

    Earlier, the police arrested a suspect identified as Noman for stealing hockey and a ball from the statue of Samiullah Khan.

  • Case registered against thieves for stealing hockey, ball from statue of Samiullah Khan

    Case registered against thieves for stealing hockey, ball from statue of Samiullah Khan

    Bahawalpur Police on Sunday registered a case against unknown thieves who stole a hockey stick and ball from the statue of former hockey player Samiullah Khan.

    As per reports, Bahawalpur Cantt Police Station has initiated the investigation with the help of CCTV footage.

    The administration has put a new hockey stick and ball, restoring the statue to its original condition.

    The theft occurred in less than two weeks after the statue of hockey player Samiullah was set up at a crossing to honour him.

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    An investigation is underway and the police have started conducting raids to arrest the suspects.

    Samiullah Khan played for Pakistan between 1973 and 1982. At the FIH World Cups, he was a member of two winning teams: 1978 and 1982. Khan won silver from the 1975 World Cup. He participated only in one Olympics in 1976 where Pakistan won bronze. Khan scored 55 goals in international hockey, including 12 in four World Cup appearances.

  • CM Punjab reportedly orders removal of Iqbal statue in Lahore park

    CM Punjab reportedly orders removal of Iqbal statue in Lahore park

    Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has reportedly ordered the removal of Allama Iqbal’s sculpture built by the gardeners of Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park.

    Photo Credits: Sikandar Ali Hullio Twitter
    Photo Credits: Sikandar Ali Hullio Twitter
    Photo Credits: Sikandar Ali Hullio Twitter

    According to the Focal Person on Digital Media to CM Punjab Azhar Mashwani, the Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA) will not remove the statue but will fix it so that it looks more like Iqbal.

    The structure drew the ire of social media users after pictures of it were widely circulated on social media.

  • Ertuğrul Ghazi statue taken down in Turkey for looking like Engin Altan Düzyatan

    Ertuğrul Ghazi statue taken down in Turkey for looking like Engin Altan Düzyatan

    A monument of Ertuğrul Ghazi was recently taken down in Turkey for bearing resemblance to actor Engin Altan Düzyatan, who played the character of Ertuğrul in the hit series, instead of the Muslim hero himself.

    People living in the area and social media users noticed the resemblance, following which an investigation has been launched to figure out what happened.

    “We were disturbed by the fact that the bust of Ertuğrul Gazi resembles Engin Altan Düzyatan, the leading actor in the Resurrection Ertuğrul series and the same day the bust in question was removed,” said the municipality in a written statement.

    “The necessary investigation has been initiated about those responsible for negligence. We thank all the public for the sensitivity they have shown,” the statement added.

    Meanwhile, The Current did some research and found a painting of what the real Ertugrul might have looked like.

    Ertuğrul Ghazi led a small band of warriors under the leadership of Anatolian Seljuk sultan in the mid-13th century. With his death in 1280, the leadership of his small tribe passed onto his son Osman, who is known to have established the Ottoman state in 1299.

    Ertuğrul Gazi’s life has been very popular in Turkey. and it has not only taken Turkey but many countries, especially Pakistan recently, by storm.

    According to the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV), 133 million people have so far watched the historical series based on his life from April 25- May 14. Also, its episodes are trending on YouTube and Netflix Pakistan every day.

  • VIDEO: Life-size statue of Ertuğrul erected in Lahore

    VIDEO: Life-size statue of Ertuğrul erected in Lahore

    As fever of hit Turkish series ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ continues to grip Pakistanis ever since it was first aired by PTV on Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s directions, a statue of Ertuğrul, father of Osman I — the founder of the Ottoman dynasty –, has been erected in Lahore.

    According to a report by Independent Urdu, the statue has been installed in the provincial capital of Punjab’s Maraghzar Colony near Thokar Niaz Baig to honour the Muslim hero.

    The statue made of fibre and iron was brought in from Kamalia city of Toba Tek Singh district and other similar sculptures will be erected in other parts of the colony as well, the report said.

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    Speaking to the media outlet, secretary general of the colony said that they were even planning to name the square, where the statue was installed, after Ertuğrul.

    According to Ottoman tradition, Ertuğrul was the son of Suleyman Shah, leader of the Kayı tribe of Oghuz Turks, who fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests, but he may instead have been the son of a Gündüz Alp.

    The hit Turkish historical fiction ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ that revolves around the life of a group of Turkic nomads in the pre-Ottoman era, has led to Ertuğrul — the protagonist of the series — being hailed a hero by Pakistanis.