Saadat Hasan Manto would have turned 100 today. Anyway he passed away more than 50 years ago in the most hostile of circumstances. However, it is needless to say that his stories continue to be an inspiration and I have personally found them to touch my imagination deeper than I expected, but I cannot say [...]
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First Screening of “Mudhouse & The Golden Doll”
I just had the pleasure of being part of an exclusive screening of a new motion picture by an upcoming Pakistani director, screenwriter and more importantly a very capable stage and film actor, Hamza Ali Abbasi. The motion picture is called “The Mudhouse & The Golden Doll“. It was screened in the auditorium of the [...]
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