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Literary festivals important to keep militancy, extremism at bay, says Sindh culture minister
The second Sindh Literature Festival (SLF) started on Friday at a local hotel in Karachi as a folk orchestra played traditional Sindhi tunes while the ribbon was cut by some prominent guests to formally inaugurate the event.
Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah who joined the presidium to address the inaugural session, said such festivals were extremely important in the present geopolitical scenario as culture was an effective tool to combat militancy and extremism.
“Such events are highly needed to save our culture,” said the minister. "We have a centuries-old tradition of literary and cultural festivals at the anniversaries of our Sufi saints. These festivals are reformed incarnation of the same ritual.”