Syed Afsar Madad Naqvi The Pakistan Pride Scupture

Syed Afsar Madad Naqvi (Urdu: سید افسر مدد نقوی‬‎; 10 August 1933 – 11 January 1997), was a prominent 20th-century's sculptor.^{[citation needed]} He is best known for his pure realistic monumental sculptures which can be seen in many places around the country (such as Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, Fleet Club, Arts Council of Pakistan, Markaz-e-Sadat-e-Amroha Centre, Hassan Square Karachi, Star Gate Karachi, Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, Village Restaurant, Metropol Hotel etc.). Afsar Madad Naqvi was a master Pakistani sculptor and painter. He was a founder member of the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts Karachi.

Naqvi Sahib with Rais Amrohvi

 Afsar Naqvi S master piece

 Sir Naqvi at thesis display of BIAC with Fatima Surrya Bajia, Miss Sadaf Sultan

& students.

 Sir Naqvi address at First Quarter Display of BIAC (1994-95).

Fatima Surayya Bajia & Mr. Mubashir Siddiqui are sitting behind

 Sir Naqvi with Mr. Javed Jabbar, Miss Meher Afroz, Miss Saima Rauf,

Miss Waheeda & Mr. Irfan Hussain at Students Paintings Display of

CIAC, Arts Council, Karachi.

 Sir Naqvi at thesis display of BIAC with Fatima Surrya Bajia, Miss Sadaf Sultan 

& Miss Waheeda.

 Sir Naqvi at ‘Cultural Fun Mela’ organized by BIAC with Mr. Ubaidullah Aleem,

Mr. Rustum , Mr. Imran Sherwani & Miss Sadaf Sultan.

 Sir Naqvi address at Students Paintings Display of CIAC at Arts Council with

Mr. Javaid Jabbar, Mr. Irfan Hussain & others.

Naqvi Sahib with Nawabzada Wajid Mehmood ul Hassan and  

Mirza Sajjad Hussain at his exhibition (1963)

 Naqvi Sahib briefing the viewers about the sculpture at his exhibition (1963)

 Historical group picture (Naqvi Sahib with Arshad Siddiqui, Rizwan, Sabiha,

Shamim & others

 Naqvi Sahib with Syed Ali Rizvi, Irfan Hussain &  AG Khalid at the class room

of Central Institute of Arts & Crafts

 Naqvi Sahib with Jahangir Khan

 Sculptures of classical dancing figures with their ancient look (theme: Indian Art) Series of 'Artificial Stone'

 Sculptures of gods & goddesses with their ancient look (theme: Indian Art)

Glazed Pottery Sculptures of dancing figures (theme: Indian Art)

The Gandhara art has all the fascination for him which suited his first passion: sculpture. The discipline of Greco-Roman artisans, the serenity of Buddhist meditation and the divine grace of the feminine fullness, all went to inspire and motivate him.

 Creation of a pure realistic master piece – magic of Sir Naqvi’s fingers

Clay modelling of a life size 3D sculpture (theme: Indian dancing figure-1981)

 Head study (medium: Plaster of Paris, Granite Cement) 

Sir Naqvi in his office at BIAC (1995)

 Here is an interview of Mr. Afsar Madad Naqvi printed in Frontier Post, Lahore in the early 1990’s