Dubai, 31 March 2022 (TDI): Pakistan won the Silver Award for interior design out of 192 Pavilions at the Dubai Expo 2020. An international jury was called to select the best Pavilion at the Expo.
Abdul Razak Dawood, the Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Commerce and Investment took to Twitter to share the jubilant news.
An international jury was called to select the best Pavilion at Expo 2020 and 🇵🇰 Pakistan got Silver Award for interior design out of 192 Pavilions. The response we received was overwhelming, & 🇵🇰 Pavilion already crossed 1M visitors mark which exceeded our expectations. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/5DK3RGeE32
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) March 31, 2022
Pakistan Pavilion had received an overwhelming response at the Expo and it crossed the 1 million visitors mark. The Creative team included Noorjehan for the Interior and Rashid Rana for the Exterior.
The team portrayed exemplary creativity in demonstrating actual Pakistan to a broader audience. Last but not least, the team in the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan, TDAP, the Pakistani Embassy in UAE, and the Ambassador must be lauded for their dedication.
The Expo2020 Pakistan Pavilion also won the ‘Best Pavilion Exterior Design Award’ by Burj CEO. The designer of the Pavilion Rashid Rana has also been honored with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s third-highest civilian award.
The @Expo2020Pak wins ‘Best Pavilion Exterior Design Award’ by Burj CEO.
Did you know⁉️
The designer of the Pavilion @RashidRanaRR has also been honored with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s third-highest civilian award.
Congratulations 🇵🇰❗️#Expo2020Dubai pic.twitter.com/DH56j2L9xr
— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) March 29, 2022
Bernhard Schlagheck, the Ambassador of Germany to Pakistan also congratulated Pakistan on winning the awards for the pavilion’s interior as well as exterior.
He also praised the team for doing a brilliant job with the architecture & making Pakistan stand out at the global event. He said, “this well-deserved win is another recognition of Pakistan’s immense talent.
Congratulations to 🇵🇰 for winning the best pavilion exterior design award at #Expo2020! Very proud of @RashidRanaRR & team who did a brilliant job with the architecture & made 🇵🇰 stand out at the global event!This well-deserved win is another recognition of 🇵🇰’s immense talent!👏 pic.twitter.com/S1EQECMWin
— Bernhard Schlagheck (@GermanyinPAK) March 30, 2022
Pakistan Pavilion
The Pakistan pavilion’s façade took both the Expo organizers and visitors by storm. The architectural design draws inspiration from the diversity of Pakistan.
The artistic facade is titled ‘Unity of All that Appears.’ It comprises 24,000 apparently similar but in fact, unique pieces, different from each other in size as well as color.
The interior offers a multi-sensory journey, predominantly curated by Noorjehan Bilgrami, who is a noted multi-disciplinary artist, curator, and educationist known for her tireless work in rejuvenating the traditional crafts of Pakistan.
The theme of the pavilion was ‘the Hidden Treasure’, to showcase Pakistan’s vast prospects in tourism and commerce as well as investment to the expected global audiences.
I'm a detail-oriented, problem-solving, persistent multitasker. Having a magna cum laude MSc. in Strategic Studies from National Defense University, Pakistan, I believe in peaceful discourse & dialogue and have built my interest in nontraditional security threats.
I am an experienced writer with a primary focus on public policy, environmental security, nuclear strategy, and geopolitics!
