Celebration of World Habitat Award 2018 for Pakistan Chulah

The World Habitat Awards, established in 1985 are the world’s leading housing awards. They are organised by World Habitat with support from UN-Habitat.

Pakistan Chulahs – _The smokeless stoves empowering women and changing lives teaches marginalized women to build a hygienic, sustainable, smokeless earthen stove, which not only improves their health but also empowers them to earn a living by marketing and building stoves in other villages.

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Celebrations of the birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on 25th December 2018.

The festive event was organized by Sindh Police, and attended by high police officials including DIG and SSPs from Hyderabad and Thatta. On the occasion several schools had been invited to present skits and performances which were also attended by the local young people.

It was amazing how the venue consisting of a large hangar like structure made of skillful bamboo construction is becoming a popular venue for various groups.

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Yasmeen Lari on Al-jazeera.Stream: How can architects make the world for better.

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INTBAU - Excellence Award, Awarded to Heritage Foundation of Pakistan

It is announced with great pleasure that Heritage Foundation of Pakistan is awarded Excellence Award 2018, in a  successful two-day session of the INTBAU World Congress to research, educate, and engage as widely as possible on the value and relevance of traditional architecture and urban design was held recently at the Royal Society of Arts in London. 

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Debut documentary by Shanaz Ramzi bags Bronze Award!

Karachi, December 13, 2018: ‘Salute To Karima’ a debut documentary by Shanaz Ramzi, CEO STARLINKS PR and Events and trustee Heritage Foundation, has been selected as award winner in Spotlight Film Awards (Atlanta, Georgia) in the category of short films, it was announced here today. The documentary was chosen from among hundreds of films that were reviewed this year, and included in the first list compiled of the best independent films of 2018 by the judges. The film has bagged the Bronze Award.

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