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Anila Khan, a Pakistani producer, approached Mahesh Bhatt to direct a film on Benazir Bhutto after Bhutto’s Assassination. Mahesh Bhatt of course agreed and Shabana Azmi was considered for the role of Benazir. Mahesh Bhatt was willing to go through all the hurdles to get this indo-pak collaboration off the ground but life has its [...]

Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, following her assassination, at a beach in Puri, close to the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, December 28, 2007. (Sanjib Mukherjee/Reuters)

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When was the last time you heard something good a Pakistani movie that makes a point and achieves excellence as far as cinematic expression goes? Probably never….
Khuda Key Liye has done just that. It has excellent direction, thumbs up to Shoaib Mansoor, and thought provoking story line with a somber ending. This is all packaged [...]

Yesterday, 27th December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a political rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh. She had just given a campaign address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections. After getting into her bulletproof vehicle, Bhutto stood up through the sunroof of the vehicle to [...]

I was honestly surprised to hear this on the radio today but then I pondered for a minute and it all started to make sense. Because of Pakistan’s strategic position in Southeast Asia and the so called “War on Terror”, Pakistan should and must be number one if one looks at the current power struggle.

Every [...]