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Lahore's district administration has sealed a theater accusing it was showing indecent dance performance. According to details the district authorities sealed famous Mefil Theater, Lahore, under accusation of staging indecent dance performance of stage performer Nida Chuadhry, while it was also accused that the theater wasn't following the guidelines. Media reports claimed that the local authorities received complains against the theater that it had staged indecent dance performance during a stage play "Yeh Mera Dil Hai." The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lahore Danish Afzal, in this regards told media that those who won't follow the guidelines properly would be punished according to the law. However, in Pakistan this is not first time that some piece of art is accused of indecency, while there are certain groups that consider all forms of art and literature against religious teachings. The problem with Pakistani society is that people want a secular society, ...

A lot has been said and written about G.M. Syed, a multi-dimensional personality, was a social worker, scholar, mystic and a political figure all at same time. Syed an important face of Muslim League in 1940s, later became the founding father of modern nationalism and gave the concept of Sindh being an ancient country and Sindhis being a separate and well-civilized nation from pre-historic days.  Believing in the ideology of mysticism Syed faced problems from an early age, as his father was killed; being the only male child in the family young Syed was raised at his hometown Sann, some 68 kilometers away from Hyderabad. He received his early education up to sixth standard at home learning Sindhi, English, Persian, Arabic, and later on Urdu. As a book lover he maintained a personal library.  In his biographical notes Syed writes: ‘From an early age God gave me a heart opened for knowledge and reasoning. Due to this I was engaged in thinking about various aspects, whil...

An American and a Pakistani penned a book titled 'Living Globalized' that brims with serendipity; the central message is along the lines of ‘if you try and extend yourself, you will have happy accidents’. The mechanism by which this happens is twofold: the surprising possibilities of the human spirit and the enduring power of human connections. The book is co-authored by an American electrical engineer Jeffrey Eker Jr. and a Pakistani entrepreneur Sarang Shaikh, both the authors met in an elevator in Sri Lanka and started chit chat some five years back. Jeffrey sharing his experience said that: "As I traveled around the world as an electrical engineer had always had the ambition to spread the power of international perspective and I was able to do so in partnership with Sarang, both volunteering on the international level and partnering in entrepreneurial debris, where we had the opportunity to launch cultural cloud at real Olympics, so we contacted international ...

A rare blind dolphin was found dead in the Indus River near Kandhkot village of Sindh’s Kashmore district. The locals found blind dolphin dead on the bank of River Indus when they went for wood cutting.  The locals said that blind dolphin might have died due to the poisonous chemical, put by fishermen in water to catch fishes.  Wildlife Protection Department failed to reach the site thus far. Indus River Dolphins are grey-brown in colour, sometimes with a pinkish belly, and measure between 1.5 metres and 2.5 metres in length, weighing a maximum of 90 kg. Blind river dolphins are nearing its extinction due to the government’s lackluster attitude toward the rare species. According to reports, there are fewer than 4000 to 6000 blind river dolphins left and the number is fast decreasing. Last week, thousands of fish were witnessed dead in the off-taking Canals of Sukkur Barrage after poisonous chemicals poured into the water. According to reports, after the Sukkur Barrage...

There is no doubt that Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born in Illinois in 1899 and died in 1961, he was a novelist, short story writer and a renowned journalist. According to D L Huges Hemingway was a powerful and original writer and anyone who puts words on paper can benefit from learning about his writing style. He was such an excellent writer that it is easy to get lost in his stories and forget to look at their construction.  Hemingway is best known for The Sun Also Rises, Old Man and the Sea, For whom the Bells Toll and Farewell to Arms, he got Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. The writing tips given by Hemingway apply to all sorts of writings, whether fiction or non-fiction. Huges describes Hemingway's style as: "Hemingway was known for his sparse, dynamic writing style. He learned that style at his first job as a reporter for the Kansas City Star". Following are...

By: Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo Among Opposition leaders in Pakistan, Mr. G.M. Sayed has remained the longest period under detention after independence more then 30 years.He has passed almost every second day of his life in Pakistan in jail or under house arrest. Why is it so? Is this man that much dangerous to the country and the people (or, for that matter, the peoples) of Pakistan? What does he want? What are his beliefs? What does he say? G.M. Sayed is also the one political leader in our midst, who has written the largest number of books  unfortunately mostly in his mother tongue, Sindhi. He has produced some 45 books todate  on more than one subject, ranging from mostly politics to pure literature. His thoughts and sentiments are, therefore, no secret, and he himself never concealed them any time and anywhere  in jail or outside, before courts of law or in public meetings, hostile or friendly. Sayed Sahib has had differences with the leaders and rulers of Pakist...

Sindhi publishers lacked professional attitude, while there were many unregistered publishing houses that were causing serious problems in publishing business especially in Sindhi language and most of these unregistered publishing houses were in race to just get government tenders, publishing in Sindhi was unable to become an industry, had it been an industry, it would have followed the rules and regulations, claimed renowned Sindhi publishers at Hyderabad. Roshni Publication in collaboration with Rotatory Club of Jamshoro optimists organized a panel on ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Literature - A Dialogue with Publishers on how to encourage young and new writers', in which Mr. Ali Nawaz Ghangro (CEO Roshni Publication), Noor Mohammad Memon (CEO Sindhica Academy), Shahzad Zahoor Khan (Fiction House), Ms. Zahida Abro (Editor & publisher of Hamsari Magazine) and Ms. Nazeer Naz (CEO Nari Publication) participated as panelists and renowned writer and journalist Mr. Akhta...

Ali Akash is a well-known Sindhi poet of present age,Ali Akash has several books on his credit including Kak Kinaray Sham (Poetry, 1998), Hinyaro Othi Wag Jein (Poetry, 2017), Sahari Jay Bachao Main (Literary Essays, 2017), Paka Rach Kumbhar Ja (Poetry, 2018), Nain Kavita Jo Behas (Literary Essays, 2018), Darvesh Ji Tanhai (Poetry, 2019), Gulabi Agatay Wendar Rah (Profiles of International Poets and translation of their poetry, under publishing, institute of Sindhology, Jamshoro), Co-translator of great Sindhi intellectual Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo's book "Save Sindh, Save the Continent), translated Sindh-Punjab Water Dispute written by Rasool Bux Palejo, while hundreds of his columns and articles have been published in different Sindhi daily newspapers on regular basis. This poverty!  Descends into the pocket firstly, The person is shocked immediately, Recollecting himself thinks later, Nothing is wrong, Who stares into pockets, Everyone stares ...

The residents of Jamshoro registered a protest against the local authorities and elected representatives for their ignorance and not solving their everyday problems including pure drinking water and road facilities at Jamshoro Phattak. The residents claimed that more than two years had passed and several complaints were made regarding the maintenance of the Sandose Road that connects approximately eight localities including Village Ramzan Rajar, Village Lakho Faqeer, Village Imam Bux Sethano, Village Chakar Khan Rajar, Village Yar Mohammad Kachelo, and Petaro. The protesters also claimed that PS-81, 82, 83 and NA- 233 was the constituency of Chief Minister (CM) Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, yet it was being ignored continuously from more than a year. The protesters told WiseSindh that during recent downpour some year ago the Sandose Road was completely damaged, previously the pharmaceutical company used to take care of maintenance of that road, but after heavy rainfall the com...

Legendary Sindhi short story Writer, Scholar, Teacher, Administrator and founder of Bazm-e-Rooh Rehan Abdul Hameed Sindhi passed away due to cardio arrest at the age of 81 years in Hyderabad early in the morning today. He would be laid to rest in the evening in Naushahro Feroze at his ancestors’ graveyard. Hameed Sindhi was born 0n 12th October in 1939 in Naushahro Feroze district. He did M.A Economics from Sindh University Jamshoro. He  worked as Vice Chancellor of Agriculture University Tandojam and Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur. He has also served as the Chairman of Sindh Text Book Board Jamshoro, Chairman of the Sindhi Language Authority Hyderabad, Principal of Public School Hyderabad. He did several jobs in different sectors and also attended many conferences in USA, UK, India and Iran.  Hameed Sindhi was author of 11 books and has compiled 10 books in his life. He has received several awards including Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 1990 and Aizaz-e Fazeelat i...