The Institute of Punjabi Language, Arts and Culture (IPLAC), recently established by the provincial government with its head office at Lahore, will establish its regional centres at different remote cities to promote the local script and dialect of Punjabi language.
"Following the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute, the IPLAC has decided not only to establish its regional offices rather to give full representation to all the regions, areas and sections of the Punjabi language."
IPLAC Director General Dr Shehzad Qaiser stated this while talking to this scribe here on Sunday.
He said that although the government has allotted a piece of 16-Kanal land of old Ladies Club at Bagh-e-Jinnah to the Institute for constructing its own building, however, initially the Institute has hired a rented building at 62-Shadman-II, where it is mow fully operational.
"The IPLAC BOG has constituted four different committees including Executive, Purchase, Selection and Esthetic Committee to discharge various functions, realise and materialise its aims and objectives," told Dr Shehzad Qaiser.
He said that for the construction of a splendid building at Bagh-e-Jinnah the services of eminent architect Nayyer Ali Dada has been hired while the building would depict traditional architectural beauty of Punjab.
The role of Esthetic Committee would be of significant importance as no decision could be taken sans its nodding, he said.
The DG said that the Cultural Institute would prove to be an instrument and play significant role having interaction and hence creating harmony among the people of different communities, regions and localities through disseminating the message of love and peace of Sufi saints.
The linguistic contact would have its political implications as well, he observed.
About the objectives of the Institute, Dr Shehzad said that the body would facilitate and patronise research work, arrange publications of writers having no recognition. It would also collect, preserve and arrange books of classical and modern Punjabi literature, folk-art, culture and crafts.
Director of the Institute, Dr Shaista Nuzhat said that Punjabi is the most spoken (biggest) language, therefore, the Institute would nurture and develop linkages across borders, with other nations and communities to interact and cherish its further enlightenment and enrichment.
She told that the Institute would also arrange translation from other languages to disseminate the message of love and peace of great Sufi saints.
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