LAHORE: Alhamra Unplugged -- a modern recording studio – needs to be promoted by the Punjab government, as despite having eight original tracks to its credit it is still struggling to be properly launched, officials at the Lahore Arts Council told Dawn.

The studio, owned by the council and closed for 30 years, had been reopened in December 2015 and equipped with necessary musical instruments for Alhamra Unplugged.

A sum of Rs12. 5 million had been approved for the project but was yet to be transferred to the council, the officials added.

The provincial government seems keen on patronising the youth. And this project having 99pc involvement of youths faces a new committee for approval every now and then.

Alhamra Unplugged Project Coordinator Syed Khurram Naveel told Dawn that initially a committee had been formed by the information secretary with Shoaib Bin Aziz, Additional Information Secretary Shahid Iqbal, Malik Muhammad Arshad and Lahore Arts Council Executive Director retired Capt Atta Muhammad Khan as its members.

The committe had appreciated the project and approved it. Later, they had sent a summary to the chief minister office for approval. Naveel said the CM had formed another committee under the chairmanship of Board of Governors Chairman Kamran Lashari that submitted its report to the CM office, he added.

Published in Dawn January 24th, 2017