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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, opened the 12th International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, on December 5.  Declaring the multilingual city of Karachi as the hub of the cultural activities, he reckoned that the culture harmony in Pakistan was stronger than any other country in the world.  “Pakistan is a country of different cultures and there is a need to promote cultural activities in every province,” he emphasized.  The Sindh Cultural Minister, Sardar Shah, observed that just as the Indus River was joining the whole of Pakistan from Kashmir to Karachi, Urdu language was uniting the whole Pakistan as a nation.  “Despite the heaviest of odds, Urdu has survived as the language of communication and cultural harmony in Pakistan,” he added.  The President of the Arts council of Pakistan, Muhammad Ahmed Shah, stated that there were h...