Greetings! You are cordially invited.   ZOOM Meeting Hosted by Arbab-e-Zauq, North America. Time: 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (New York) Date: Sunday, February 5, 2023 ZOOM URL: Contact Dr Salman Ahmad at  sahmad1@san.rr.com   Meeting ID: Contact Dr. Salman Ahmad at  sahmad1@san.rr.com  Agenda: Dr. Salman Ahmad, Founder of SADEQUAIN Foundation will speak about the Persona and Stature of Sadequain (1930–1987) 2. Mr Riaz Niazi will discuss Sadequain as a Poet 3. Mr Surinder Deol will present “Rajinder Singh Bedi and the Evolution of Urdu Afsana” 4. Dr Satyapal Anand will present his Ghazals 5.Question and Answer session 6. Concluding remarks by Dr Moazzam Siddiqi Sadequain is among a handful of Pakistanis whose name and work transcend national and cultural barriers. For his services in the field of arts and for introducing Pakistan’s softer image around the globe the government of Pakistan conferred upon him  four awards (in the field of arts) namely, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, and Pride of Performance. No Pakistani can make this claim.  In his lifetime Sadequain’s preeminence was recognized in all five continents. He was the finest ambassador of the nation’s identity. The New York Times acknowledged his prodigious palette even before the advent of social media and the age of computers as early as 1963. Not many Pakistanis can make this claim. French newspaper Le Monde acknowledged, “Sadequain’s multiplicity is reminiscent of Picasso.” The UAE Newspaper Khaleej Times complimented him on June 20, 1980, by stating, “Renaissance of Islamic Calligraphy. A mystic artist from Pakistan who has become a legend in his own time. The remarkable story of Sadequain, who did not seek but was endowed with divine inspiration.” These accolades by prestigious international media place Sadequain on a pedestal that not many Pakistanis can ascend. A confluence of Picasso, Michelangelo, Omar Khayyam, and calligrapher Yakoot, Sadequain was recognized as a genius in the field of arts, calligraphy, and poetry. Likes of him are not born for centuries. His work was unique, like none other, innovative, and by all measures, difficult to duplicate.

Established in 2007, SADEQUAIN Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to discovering, preserving, and promoting Sadequain’s art globally. To that end, the Foundation has published 25 books on Sadequain’s life and work, and curated more than 100 seminars and exhibitions around the globe resulting in resurrection of Sadequain from obscurity.

Dr Salman Ahmad founded the SADEQUAIN Foundation in June 2007 to catalog Sadequain’s work and introduce it to the world. He has authored 24 books on Sadequain. He is an electrical engineer by profession and spent more than thirty years working on nuclear missile technology in senior executive positions in the United States and was the founder and president of an electronics communications company for seven years.