Program Areas

Gandhara Heritage Retreat (2 Day Trip)
08/10/2019

Center for Culture and Development in collaboration with Arte-Culture offers 2 day Gandhara Heritage Retreat to enjoy the experience of serene and peaceful swat valley. Meditation, art activity and visits at following sites will be made as part of retreat: Takht-e-Bahi Barikot Shingerdar Stupa Rock Carvings at various locations Swat Museum and Archaeological sites of Butkara I, II and III Date: November 2 & 3, 2019 Departure...

Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
01/10/2019

Culture is the distinctive lifestyle, value systems and world views of a group of people that include traditions, beliefs and practices of a community. Culture is the fundamental marker of identity which binds the community together as a group. Heritage or Virsa is the legacy of the past generations in the form of values, norms and life styles, which include both tangible and intangible aspects. Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts...

Shah Allah Ditta Caves Facing Neglect
28/08/2019

On the road to Khanpur lie the Shah Allah Ditta caves, a heritage almost forgotten and on the brink of being devoured by commercial expansion that has taken over our country this past decade in the form of housing...

Heritage Mapping of Rawalpindi City
28/08/2019

Internationally recognised references of Rawalpindi’s irreplaceable natural heritage form a small fraction of what survived from the past and are preserved in Islamabad’s Natural History Museum. Ghandharan civilisation left its marks on the landscape of the entire Potohar region in the form of stupas and...

Art Workshop "Raising Glance of Motivation"
19/08/2019

Center for Culture and Development (C2D) recently supported Hareep Pakistan to conduct Three Days Art Workshop titled “Raising Glance of Motivation” 2014” for less privileged children of the society at World Vision Dhoke Hassu, Rawalpindi,...

World Intellectual Property Day Observed at Lok Virsa
19/08/2019

A panel discussion on the eve of World Intellectual Property Day was held here at Shakarparian under the aegis of Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage), Rural Development Policy Institute (RDPI) and Centre for Culture & Development (C2D). The theme was “Traditional knowledge, folklore and intellectual property rights in Pakistan”. Federal Secretary, Ministry of National Heritage and Integration, Asaf...