The chairman of National Artists Association of Pakistan (NAAP) wrote a letter to Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood in August stating that Shemza’s paintings had been illegally removed from the National Arts Gallery’s permanent collection. The letter further said that Shemza’s paintings had been removed from the collection since August 2020. Reportedly, hundreds of paintings have been removed from the Permanent Collection of the PNCA since 2016. Mary Shemza brought the paintings from the UK and they were exhibited at four places in Pakistan. Mary Shemza is very pleased to get her paintings back and has handwritten a letter to PNCA thanking for doing the right thing.

Source: Pakistan Today October 18, 2020 14:38 UTC