Jimmy Engineer Artist & Humanitarian · Pakistan
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2026Jimmy Engineer with Anjali Phougat at the Red Carpet Fashion Show – New York, USANew York, USA13 November 2026Read more → 2026A Memorable Meeting with Sybil Wettasinghe – Colombo, Sri LankaColombo, Sri Lanka13 November 2026Read more → 2026Jimmy Engineer Inaugurates KGS Canvas 2026 at Karachi Grammar SchoolKarachi Grammar School11 November 2026Read more → 2026Meet the Esteemed Judges of CPC 2026!Rangoonwala Community Centre Karachi11 November 2026Read more → 2026Appreciating Artistic Excellence!Washington, USA10 November 2026Read more → 2026A Day of Compassion, Service and Humanity at Burns CentreBurns Centre Karachi7 November 2026Read more →

Art was never the whole of it. Since 1976, Jimmy Engineer has painted so that he could give — spending the earnings of his canvases on the downtrodden, and walking the length and breadth of Pakistan so that special children, orphans and patients could not be overlooked. It is why the press calls him the Servant of Pakistan.

"For me, being a good human being is better than being a great artist."
Jimmy Engineer
700,000+
Prints donated to charities
200+
Walks for noble causes
260+
Awareness programmes
4,700 km
Longest walk — Karachi to Khyber
On foot, for others

Walks for noble causes

A peaceful crusade in pursuit of human dignity
1994
Karachi to Khyber — 4,700 kilometresThe only Pakistani to have walked it — months on foot across the country, for awareness of hospitals and health care.
1993
Cancer awareness — Shaukat Khanum MemorialA successful awareness walk and the donation of his calligraphies, acknowledged personally by the hospital's founding chairman.
Ongoing
For the special childrenTwo hundred and more walks and programmes alongside institutions such as the Ida Rieu Welfare Association — schools, orphanages and shelters across Pakistan.
Photographs from the journeys →

The causes he serves

Special children Deaf, mute, blind and disabled children — "to these Special Children he is regarded as the savior."
Orphans & street children Awareness programmes and support for orphanages and shelters across the country.
Patients & hospitals Fundraising for cancer care, hospices and poor patients' welfare since the early 1990s.
Peace & harmony A Parsi painter of mosques and Partition — honoured as a peace ambassador in Beijing and beyond.
Press coverage of the work →
Art in service

The brush that funds the work

More than 700,000 prints of his paintings donated to charitable organisations, and exhibition after exhibition staged so the proceeds could go to someone else.

1993
Fundraiser for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust — Marriott Hotel, Karachi
1998
Calligraphy exhibition for the Behbud Association — Pearl Continental, Karachi
1998
Calligraphy in aid of the Rahat Kada Hospice — Islamic Cultural Centre, London
Full exhibition history → See the calligraphy →

"We value and appreciate Jimmy's personal involvement with the cause — a successful cancer awareness walk and the donation of his calligraphies."

Imran Khan
Chairman, Board of Governors — SKMCH

"To the people he might be a well-known artist, but to these Special Children he is regarded as the savior."

Partner on a cause

Charities and institutions — enquire about awareness walks, donated prints and fundraising collaborations with the artist.

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