This year the Independence Day of
Pakistan was celebrated with immense joyous and prayers due to the Holy month
of Ramdan. The day is a national holiday in Pakistan. It is traditional for
Pakistanis to celebrate all over the country with flag raising ceremonies,
tributes to the national heroes and fireworks taking place in the capital,
Islamabad.
The official festivities usually
take place in Islamabad and commence with the raising of the national flag on
the President House and Parliament building and later the leaders deliver
speeches that are televised live. In the speech, they highlight the achievement
of the government, goals set for the future and in the words of the father of
the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, bring "Unity, Faith and
Discipline" to the people of Pakistan.
This year a stamp is issued which
depicts the effigy of the first stamp of Pakistan and the portrait of the
artist, Abdur Rahman Chughtai who designed the first stamp for Pakistan which
is the main feature of todays issued stamp.
Abdur Rahman Chughtai was a
painter and intellectual from Pakistan who created his own unique, distinctive
paintings style influenced by Mughal art, miniature paintings, Art Nouveau and
Islamic art traditions. He is considered 'the first significant modern Muslim
artist from South Asia, and the national artist of Pakistan. He was given the
title of Khan Bahadur in 1934, awarded Pakistan's Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 1960 and
the Presidential Award for Pride of Performance in 1968.
Chughtai's works are displayed at
the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Peace Palace (in The
Hague), United Nations Headquarters, New York, the Kennedy Memorial in Boston,
the US State Department (in Washington, D.C.), President's House Bon, AP State
Archaeology Museum, Queen Juliana's Palace in the Netherlands, Emperor's Palace
Bangkok, President House Islamabad, Governors Houses in Lahore and Karachi, and
the National Art Gallery, Islamabad.
Chughtai's contribution in the
philatelic world is very much appreciated for the designing of early series of
Commemorative Postage Stamps for Pakistan.
Pakistan Post is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs.10/- denomination on August 30, 2012.
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