The first ever Culture Policy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (29.05.18)

The first ever Culture Policy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (29.05.18)
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Goals of Culture Policy

• Identification, inventorying, safeguarding and promotion of diverse cultural heritage of KP;
• Acknowledging cultural rights of all inhabitants of KP and development of a sustainable environment of mutual cultural respect;
• Integrating culture & creative sector into economic & social development for employment and wealth generation;
• Providing leadership to the culture heritage sectors to accelerate its transformation for building on the capacities, achieved through dedicated & calculated interventions;
• Providing equal opportunities and creating equal environment regardless of gender, race, religion, and other such dividing components.

The policy identifies the need of safeguarding culture as well as rights of those involved in the sector, from home or otherwise, by providing equal opportunities in developments well as recognition and acknowledgement. The development of this policy will bring in line this sector with the rest of the sectors, provincial and national, i-e education, health, transport, energy and other sectors in the form of a considered and practical approach for our genuine cultural identification.