Culture day — why not for all of Pakistan?

Letter December 24, 2012
What we need is a Pakistan Culture Day, when millions can take to the streets to celebrate unity in diversity.

RAWALPINDI: It was heart-warming to see thousands of people in Karachi take to the streets in order to celebrate Sindh Culture Day. Indeed, the citizens, proudly clad in red ajraks and traditional Sindhi caps, were a happy sight to see. But one wonders, why does it have to be Sindh alone? What we need is a Pakistan Culture Day, a day when millions across Pakistan, proudly clad in traditional dress, can take to the streets in order to celebrate unity in diversity.

Naima Shahab


Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2012.