About Danka

The culture of Pakistan is very vibrant and has a long strong history. Lahore and Karachi are the cultural capitals of Pakistan and offer a wide range of cultural activities. Like all the major cultural cities such as Paris, London, Berlin or Buenos Aires, the cities in Pakistan need a strong and independent tool to organize the communication of the cultural events in order to inform the public and establish the essential link between the culture and the daily life of the common public. Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, etc. need to develop a cultural networking spirit, i.e. active co-operation between artists, organizers and the public and cultural management to improve quality of the events, their communication and their organization to enhance the value of the culture of Pakistan as a whole.

What is Danka?

First, Danka is the website (www.danka.com.pk) on which everybody is offered to announce free of cost ongoing events. Danka's objective is not to provide any kind of critique or judgment on the quality of the submitted events of Pakistani culture. Our task is to get the widest range of culture activities registered on the site, and promote the website amid the population by also offering a picture data base of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad culture, online forums and discussions on culture, etc. Furthermore publications of directories of cultural centers, historical places, artists, etc. are planned.

Secondly, Danka is a networking and management effort dedicated to assist the Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad cultural event organizers and artists in their needs. Activities range from event management, exchange programmes and technical assistance to consultancy and marketing. Danka also plans to carry out our own cultural projects in the fields of theatre, dance, music, film, poetry, recording, documentation and conservation of art and culture to further support the Pakistan culture. Feel free to contact the Danka Team for any enquiry.

Our Objectives

To be the link between artists, cultural events organizers and the public by collecting, organizing, providing and broadcasting free information on events related to Pakistan culture.
To improve cultural activity in Pakistan in terms of quantity and quality.
To establish the Pakistan culture as a strong value.
To culturally educate people and motivate them to add to the Pakistan culture.
To establish Danka as the main reference for Pakistan culture.
To expand Danka services to all the major cities of Pakistan.

Who is Danka?

Click here to find out about who (apart from you and the cultural community) is behind the Danka idea. Danka is a non-business and mostly a volunteer effort, do feel free to join us!