Jamal Shah – the Caretaker Federal Minister for Culture and Heritage – has announced to launch a dedicated heritage channel for the promotion of the regional literature of Pakistan.
According to the media reports, the Minister for Culture and Heritage Jamal Shah made the announcement while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day conference titled ‘Hum Jugnu Taaray Dharti Ke’ at the Pakistan Academy of Letters in Islamabad today (Tuesday, September 19).
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On this occasion, the Caretaker Culture Minister has said that the channel will include translated versions of different genres of regional literature including parables, adages, poetry, and music so that youth in every part of the country, speaking any language can understand the essence of folk wisdom of our culturally diverse country. He said the literature will also be published in the form of books and magazines and services of musicians and linguists of the relevant languages will be hired for this purpose.
Jamal Shah further stated that the caretaker government has a limited tenure, but we will try to complete this project at the earliest. He called for creating awareness among the young generation about their regional languages and rich lingual identities along with inculcating the spirit of celebrating unity in diversity.
It is to be noted here that the two-day conference will deliberate on ways to promote children’s literature in regional languages. Recreational programs for children like skits, puppet shows, and folk dances are also part of the conference.
