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| August 18, 2005 | Thursday | Rajab 12, 1426 |
Call to preserve Indus civilization
HYDERABAD, Aug 17: Former federal information minister and chairman of the advisory council of the SOS (Save Our Soul) Children’s Villages of Sindh Javed Jabbar has said the great civilization of the land of Sufi saints faces a great challenge today because people of urban areas are unaware of Sindh’s culture.
He stressed the need for preserving this civilization and expressed the hope that graduates of the University of Sindh would work in this direction.
He said people living in urban areas of Sindh were unaware about history and civilization of the province.
Those living in Karachi, he added, very conveniently ignored the fact that the port city also belonged to Sindh like Jamshoro.
He was speaking at the plaque unveiling ceremony of the first SOS children’s village at the University of Sindh - the first at any campus of the world - on Wednesday.
The organization – SOS Children’s Villages of Pakistan – is providing shelter to orphans and abandoned children at its schools and villages. So far, 45 such SOS institutions have been established where 150 children are looked after at a time.
Mr Jabbar observed that Sindh’s culture was also facing a challenge of over-commercialization where people were presenting the culture of Sindh on TV through dances and making claims of promoting Sindh’s rich culture.
He described it a great injustice and said he was surprised when he heard people saying that someone was coming from Sindh to Karachi. He said Karachi was as much an integral part of Sindh as Jamshoro was.
Speaking about the SOS village, he said it would impart quality education to abandoned and disadvantaged children. He said the day was not far when students of the SOS school would easily get jobs because of their competence.
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