Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dow University about the “Youth Ambassador Program”. President of Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Muhammad Ahmed Shah, and Registrar of Dow University of Health Sciences, Dr Ashar Afaq, signed the MoU. Vice-Chancellor Professor Saeed Qureshi was also present on this occasion. President of the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Muhammad Ahmed Shah, stated that the purpose of the Youth Ambassador Program is to connect the younger generation in educational institutions with cultural activities. Students from fields such as International Relations, Information Technology, Science and Technology, Law, Health and Sciences, and other disciplines can participate in this program. He added that it is an honor for the Arts Council to collaborate with such a prestigious institution.
The Youth Ambassador Program will be an excellent platform for the youth of Sindh. The program will be held from Sukkur and Obaro to Karachi, and the first phase will begin in Karachi. He further remarked that the notion that doctors and engineers lack creativity is completely false; they can also be singers, writers, and artists. In one of the Arts Council’s programs, all senior professors performed songs.
Dow Medical College (DMC) has actively participated in our Youth Festival. Students from your university have also participated in the Youth Festival, where we organized competitions in drama, music, theatre, fine arts, dance, photography, and English writing. Youths attend it even on exam days. He mentioned that the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi is the first cultural institute in Pakistan. We are restoring all the arts councils across Sindh, where we have fine arts and music teachers to whom we pay regular salaries.
We also organized the Pakistan Literature Festival in Kashmir in Lahore, Sukkur, Quetta, Multan, Karachi, and Muzaffarabad. Muhammad Ahmed Shah said that we are creating a data bank in which young people will be categorized according to their creative abilities. We will organize the World Cultural Festival in September, where artists from 33 countries will perform at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, and workshops will also be held. Vice-Chancellor of Dow University of Health Sciences, Professor Saeed Qureshi, expressed pride in having their students become part of the Youth Ambassador Program. He mentioned that Dow University students have showcased their creative talents at programs organized by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi. He congratulated the President of the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Muhammad Ahmed Shah, on the agreement and assured that Dow University of Health Sciences would continue collaborating with the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi.
