Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient wants KP govt to revive & promote copper art
(WorldNews Pakistan)

PESHAWAR: A known artisan from the walled city of Peshawar, Khwaja Safar Ali, who has been decorated with the prestigious Tamgha-e-Imtiaz award in recognition of his services, wants the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to revive and promote the copper art. Born in 1946 at Mohalla Marveha in a family of artisans, Khwaja Safar Ali started taking interest in artwork at the age of six when he was a school child. Though he continued his education and did his masters in Persian from the University of Peshawar, he used to sit with his father Khwaja Abdul Wahid while making decoration pieces of copper. His father passed away when he was just 14 but he continued artwork under the supervision of his...