MPA Mehtab Akbar Rashdi said women are highly respected in Sindhi culture and stories about victimisation of women in Sindhi society are false barring some exceptions. “All the leading characters in [Shah Abdul Latif] Bhitai’s poetry are women.” According to her, Sindh’s introduction is Sufism. Writer Muhammad Haneef said that unless women are not allowed to take decisions for their future the society will not progress. However, organising at such a large scale without proper NoC from the district administration depicts a sorry state of affairs,” the letter read. The DC further cautioned that in future, district administration will not allow an event of such scale to happen without the permission.

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2019 07:07 UTC