The 18th day of the World Culture Festival 2025 brought a blend of theatre, film, music and fine art to the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, with the Urdu tragedy play The Dead River emerging as the day's highlight.

The play, directed by theatre practitioner Shahnawaz Bhatti, drew a strong audience and was attended by Former Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, who praised the Arts Council for hosting an international cultural festival that, he said, "acts as a powerful response to rising extremism."

Former Provincial Minister of Sindh for Education, Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities, Sardar Ali Shah and Shahnawaz Bhatti

Speaking about the play's environmental and historical themes, the minister noted that the story sheds light on how natural water flows were disrupted duri

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