Painter highlights poor condition of historic buildings

An exhibition of paintings by Shahnaz Jafar Khan, portraying the pathetic condition of historic tombs, shrines the beauty of blue and aquamarine tiles works of Uch Sharif and old buildings of Rawalpindi done in water colours, opened at a private gallery in Islamabad on Sunday.

This is the second time that Ms Khan has put up her works for a display in the federal capital. Last time she exhibited her works almost three years ago.

Ms Khan has a passion for painting the architectural heritage of Pakistan. Her paintings have enlivened not only the architecture of old buildings, some over 100 years of age, but also the environments around.

Her works carry almost miniaturistic details, highlighting the minutest of details in way which a viewer can not miss. She has been visiting the old narrow ‘kucha’ and ‘bazaar’ of Rawalpindi in her quest to find the old traditional architectural heritage which is still preserved in some form…