Artist Saifi Soomro’s “misplaced” work had been returned to him by Senior Director KMC Sports activities and Tradition Raza Abbas throughout a ceremony on Monday held at Karachi’s historic Frere Corridor.
Hailing from Daharki in Sindh’s Ghotki district, Soomro made these work in 2016 and despatched them to be displayed in an exhibition in Frere Corridor in 2017.
Because the exhibition got here to an in depth, Soomro requested for his work to be returned however he was informed that the work had “disappeared” and so they couldn’t be returned.
Nevertheless, in an attention-grabbing flip of occasions after round seven years, a drama was lately aired on a personal tv exhibiting a scene of the Frere Corridor gallery. When Soomro noticed that scene, he was shocked to see his misplaced work on show.
Seven years later, the majestic artwork items had been returned to their proprietor on the ceremony held solely for this objective.
In the course of the handover ceremony, the director of KMC acknowledged that Soomro had some misunderstanding concerning his paintaings as they had been “not stolen that’s the reason they’re being returned to him right now”.
When the artist raised the difficulty on social media after seeing his work in a drama, a two-member committee was shaped to research the matter which submitted its report back to Sindh Minister for Tradition and Tourism Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah.
The report submitted to the Sindh tradition minister revealed that these work by no means went lacking within the first place and have been obtainable on the Frere Corridor since 2017.
The committee report stated that the work seen within the drama of a personal tv channel had been the identical that had been stated to be lacking, and the drama was certainly shot at Frere Corridor.
The report additionally talked about that the work had been often moved from one place to a different on account of totally different exhibitions. It added that the artist, nonetheless, had not expressed any curiosity in reclaiming his work.
The report concluded that there was a misunderstanding between the work’ proprietor and the Frere Corridor administration, however the work had been certainly nonetheless on the corridor.
