CM says Arts council becomes a literary brand to spread a message of love
Imran
KARACHI
Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar has said that the
international Urdu conference being organised by the Arts council for the last
16 years has now become our `literary brand’ to spread the message of love,
respect and tolerance.
This
he said while speaking at an International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council
of Pakistan, Karachi.
The
CM said that Literature can bring people of different backgrounds, cultures,
and ways of life together. When people relate to a piece of literature, it
makes you think that you're not alone and that someone else has been through
what you are going through. Quoting Shakespeare, he said that Literature is the
expression of life in words of truth and beauty; it is the written record of
man's spirit, of his thoughts, emotions, and aspirations; it is the history,
and the only history, of the human soul.
Justice
Baqar appreciated the leading literary figures who contributed to the
conferences through their literary work and developed a spirit of tolerance and
co-existence among the people of different languages, religions and faiths.
The
CM urged the youth not only to participate in such conferences which were bound
to inculcate the spirit of humanity among them but develop a habit of reading
books. He urged the leading literary figures to play their role in making
Pakistan a peaceful and tolerant society.
