Days after a local Sindh-based artist, Seffy Soomro, alleged that his paintings were stolen and used in a drama serial currently on-air on a private entertainment channel, a special committee has been established recently to look into his complaints.
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Sindh minister for culture, tourism, antiquities and archives, announced the committee after Soomro publicly revealed that he found his paintings in the drama, years after being told that they were lost at an exhibition.
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The artist, who is from Daharki in Sindh’s Ghotki district, shared his story on social media and posted images of the “stolen” artworks on Instagram.
According to Soomro, these art pieces were among the 16 to 17 paintings that he had created for his thesis project, titled “Innocent Faces”, at the University of Sindh’s Department of Fine Arts.
His posts on different social media platforms garnered immense traction with people seeking accountability for the “injustice” meted out to Soomro, while highlighting the challenges most artists face in the country’s art sector.
Owing to the criticism, the provincial minister revealed that he has tasked the investigation committee, comprising the director generals of the culture and antiquities department, to conduct an in-depth probe into the incident.
