Painting is a highly popular art in Pakistan. But the era of traditional painting in Pakistan, which includes the great heritage of the Mughul School, is now coming to close. The new generation of painters, under the impact of Western trends in painting, has been making new experiments in the concepts and techniques to express their cultural norms and traditions. This has led to the phenomenal growth of calligraphy as a most
Popular variation in painting. The Quranic verses are being painted with such artistic manner that calligraphy has almost become a distinctive and recognizable form of painting.
Most of the leading painters have, in response to social urges, necessarily experimented with calligraphy and pictorial writing (tughra) along with other forms of painting. Sadequain stands out as an artist of class with mastery in both the styles.