The National Academy of Performing Arts-NAPA and the Directorate of Culture, Government of Balochistan, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a NAPA campus in Quetta, NAPA’s first such campus outside Karachi.
KARACHI, Oct 12 (APP): The National Academy of Performing Arts-NAPA and the Directorate of Culture, Government of Balochistan, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a NAPA campus in Quetta, NAPA’s first such campus outside Karachi.
The MOU was signed by NAPA Chairman Syed Jawaid Iqbal for the Academy, and Hameeulah Nasir, Balochistan Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Archives, for the Directorate. NAPA Board of Directors member Ms Roshan Khursheed Barocha and Director-Cultural Dawood Tareen along with number of artistes, media, cultural, and civil society personalities were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, NAPA Board Chairman Syed Jawaid Iqbal and Ms Barocha expressed hope that NAPA would pave the way for promotion of performing arts in the province from where already a number of students have to come to NAPA’s main campus in Karachi. Now, such facility of international standard would be available to them in their mother province. They said NAPA had already set benchmarks in cultural education of music, theatre, and other performing and related arts, and performances, and intend to carry it on to the people in Balochistan as well.
The NAPA Chairman hailed the Balochistan government for taking this initiative and praised the NAPA Board member, Ms Roshan Barocha, for her dedication to this cause.
The Provincial Culture Secretary, Hamidullah Nasir, and Director-Cultural Dawood Tareen expressed hope that this step would pave way for a cultural renaissance in the region. They also thanked the guests for being part of such an important event in the cultural life of Balochistan.