This river had supported one of the oldest settlements in South Asia Mohenjo-Daro, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
[2] Ali Imam set up the Indus Gallery to play a key role for art and artists of Pakistan.
"[2] His wife, Shahnaz, recalled that the Indus Gallery had become a hub of cultural activity in Karachi back in the 1970s.
Some of the noted painter artists that participated in Indus Gallery exhibits were Sadequain and Ismail Gulgee among many others.
[1] Salima Hashmi, a noted educationist of Pakistan and the daughter of Pakistan's renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz said in an interview to a major English-language newspaper,"When I came back from England, where I had gone to study, I realized that through Indus Gallery, Ali Imam had taught people to appreciate art, enjoy art and, more importantly, buy art works".