{"id":15347,"date":"2025-12-14T07:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/showcasing-gandhara-heritage-islamabad\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:06:05","slug":"showcasing-gandhara-heritage-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/showcasing-gandhara-heritage-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcasing Gandhara Heritage in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 13 December 2025 Islamabad will host a unique cultural event that highlights Pakistan&#8217;s Gandhara Heritage through fashion, performance and historical storytelling. The Gandhara theme show aims to educate younger generations about the region&#8217;s Buddhist artifacts and ancient sites in Taxila, Mardan, Swat and Hazara by presenting living habitats, traditional culture and period-inspired fashion on one stage.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15348 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1-300x232.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1-1024x793.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1-768x595.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1-1536x1189.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event at IFQ Hotel &amp; Resort Islamabad brings together designers Mani Collection and Noor Posh Collection alongside creative assistant Harry Awan to produce visually rich segments that blend style with history. Sponsors including Gandhara Properties, HiFi Holiday Club, Diplomatic Insight Group and Global Business Alliance support the message of religious harmony by connecting history to contemporary culture.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences from the corporate sector, business community, showbiz and diplomatic circles are expected to attend as models present an evocative <em>Buddha theme walk<\/em> and a sequence titled<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15350 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.16-AM-1-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.16-AM-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.16-AM-1-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.16-AM-1-768x1153.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.16-AM-1.jpeg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Gandhara Civ<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ilization history revealed<\/em>. Other segments will interpret historic and regional narratives such as <em>Cleopatra History Beauty<\/em>, the folk tragedy <em>Sohni Mahiwal<\/em>, a feature on <em>Razia Sultana<\/em> and live folk song performances to underline cultural continuity.<\/p>\n<p>Back Stage Production organizes the programme with photography by Hilook and Asif Excellence and videography by Babar Choudhry and Bilal. Choreography and coordination are led by Mec Khan, who can be contacted at 03005197098, while Wandee Salon handles grooming for the runway. The production aims to position Pakistan as a centre of attraction for Buddhist heritage visitors by showcasing how<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15349 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-206x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-206x300.jpeg 206w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM-703x1024.jpeg 703w, https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/media\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-11.40.17-AM.jpeg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>historical sites inspire contemporary creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The show uses fashion and storytelling to create a conversation around cultural preservation and interfaith understanding, and it promises an educational, visually compelling evening that links the region&#8217;s past to present artistic express<\/p>\n<p>ion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attend Gandhara Heritage themed show on 13 December 2025 in Islamabad to experience fashion, history and religious harmony through curated cultural segments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,94,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style","category-pakistan","category-breaking-news-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15353,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions\/15353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}