This was announced at a press conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on Thursday afternoon.
The council’s president Ahmed Shah said the festival has now come home (since its previous editions were held at a hotel). “The council is a space for cultural activities and it’s located in the capital of Sindh. The event is Sindhi culture’s biggest festival,” he added.
The organiser of SLF Naseer Gopang told the media how the idea for the event came about. Referring to a similar festival which he and his friends Zohaib Kaka and Najia Mir used to go to on an annual basis, he said he felt that there Sindhi writers and language weren’t getting their due share. As a result, SLF came into being. Initially, they found difficulties in getting the requisite funds for the programme but they managed to successfully organise and run the festival.
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CURIOUS onlookers examine the newly launched KCR train on Wednesday and (right) bemused motorists watch the train pass at a level crossing. Fahim Siddiqi / White Star
KARACHI: Following last week’s test runs, the City Railway Station to Orangi Station track of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was made operational and accessible to the public on Wednesday.
The train, comprising six coaches, was being admired with awe by all the people on the platform at Orangi Station. The children there had not seen a train in their neighbourhood before the test runs. And now they were hearing that they can travel within the city and even further on this train.