Founded on December 10, 1949
Mission
• Develop and maintain facilities for all forms of arts including performing arts through own productions or soliciting market support; provide professional technical/audio-visual aids.
• Establish, encourage, sponsor, arrange, organize and manage art galleries and provide such technical / financial spport may be necessary.
• Establish an academy/ school of performing arts.
• Institute and award fellowships, scholarships, diplomas, certificates, medals, grants, prizes loan, aid monetary or other assistance to individuals or groups engaged in the study , research, furtherance, promotion and creation of art, design, and all other kinds of performing arts such as music, drama, dance, singing, mimes, puppeteering.
• Conduct cultural fairs, festivals and other related activities in art & culture , organize cultural ensembles, exhibitions of plastic/ metal/ wood art and crafts within Pakistan or abroad.
• Printing, publish, issues, circulate books, perio
