Urdu newspapers, books and magazines may have shifted to computerized printing, but the art of calligraphy hasn’t lost its charm. Urdu newspapers, books and magazines may have shifted to computerized ...

Native speakers of the Urdu language instinctively know that the language is read from right to left but the numerical values mentioned within an Urdu sentence are read from left to right. To the ...

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam. The programme ...

Abdul Ghaffar inspects the line of Urdu I have written and then bursts into laughter. “To me, people like you who know how to read and write Urdu in normal script are padhe hue (literate). Not padhe ...

Some time back, Sanket Avlani had a chance to tag along with a friend to meet artists, who practise Urdu calligraphy, in Purani Dilli. The katibs (calligraphers) not only gave them a glimpse into ...

Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) is making efforts to impart training and educate students in Urdu Calligraphy. A prominent artist Azeem Iqbal here Tuesday told APP that Calligraphy in ...