LAHORE: (Press Release) For the first time in the history of the Lahore Arts council ,“Women Festiva’’ them as “Women:
Ambassador of peace”in connection with international women day held at Alhamra on Sunday in
collaboration with Black Box Sounds.
First Lady of Pakistan Ms Samina Alvi was the chief guest of the closing ceremony of the festival .on the
occasion , she said that I congratulate the organizer for holding this eventand commemorating the day
in a befitting manner, she said more that our women are blessed with enormous capabilities. Today we
pay tribute to our brave women,who exhibited their extraordinary talent in various fields to create a
society that values respect, tolerance and human dignity.
Founder Serwer Foundation Perveen Serwer was the guest of honor on the inaugural session of first
Alhamra Womem Festival 2020. Chairperson Board of Governor Moneeza Hashmi Welcomed the chief
guest and thanked “Black Box Sounds” for their collaboration and said that our women are playing
vibrant and active role in the society and need to be acknowledged for their contribution. Ms Hashmi
stated that undoubtedly Pakistani women are a symbol of commitment, honesty, bravery and vigour.
On the occasion, Founder Server Foundation Perveen Server said that government was highly
committed to empower women legally, economically, financially and socially at grassroots levels, today
women in Pakistan were playing vital role in education and health sectors. She emphasized the need for
educating the young boys and girls on life skill based education in order to ensure that they could take
informed decisions for their lives in future. She said that The Pakistani women are playing undeniable
important and active role in every discipline of life to form an ideal society,
The inaugural session were attended by the US Consulate General Lahore Catherine Rodriguez, Member
Punjab Assembly Sadia Sohail Rana, renowned fiction writer Arfa Zuhra and others.
Executive Director Lahore Arts Council Alhamra Athar Ali Khan said that the best arrangements were
made to make the Women's Festival a success, that such positive activity will be promoted in the future.
He said that the festival aimed to pay tribute to the social, cultural , achievements of Pakistani
women.This initiative was taken by the first female chairperson of the board of governors,Lahore Arts
Council Mneeza Hashmi . The purpose of the festival would be to celebrate women’s contribution in
Pakistani society , said Ms, Hashmi and her contribution in the peace process all over the world.This
event highlighted the contributions of our young women .
In Women festival , there were many panel discussion and talk sessions like “Blurring the boundaries:
Women’s role in peace building through political harmony”, “Promoting tolerance through media”,
“sports and empowered women”, “promoting the culture of tolerance through Dailoure”, “Society and
the gilr child; gender dynamics” and “Economic empowerment : A journey of perseverance” . A
theatrical performance by Azad Theatre and open mic music performances by students of different
universities were also the part of the festival . Different food and handicraft stalls displayed in the
burney garden.
