Playwright Haseena Moin remembered on death anniversary

Lahore: Renowned Pakistani dramatist and playwright Haseena Moin is being remembered on her second death anniversary.

Born in Kanpur, Haseena received her early education in her ancestral region. She then moved to Karachi in the 1950s where she graduated from the Government College for Women earned a Master of Arts in History from Karachi University in 1963.

She wrote Pakistan's first original script 'Kiran Kahani' aired in the early-1970s. Moin wrote several plays for stage, radio and television which gained international repute.

Her legendary work includes several Pakistani hit dramas like, Ankahi, Tanhaiyaan, Kiran Kahani, Dhoop Kinaray, Aahat, Uncle Urfi, Shehzori, Kohar, Des Pardes, Pal Do Pal, Aansoo, Kasak, Parchaiyan (1976) and Parosi.

Haseena Moin was a breast cancer survivor.

She was considered to be the best playwright and dramatist Pakistan has ever witnessed.

In 1975, her play Gurya which was directed by Shirin Khan with cast members Manzoor Qureshi, Shahla Ahmad Bina of Uncle Urfi, Azra Sherwani and Raju Jamil, won an award at the Global TV Plays Festival in Tokyo for best script and direction.

Haseena was also the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services towards performing arts in Pakistan. She had won many other awards including the Woman of the year award.

She had won accolades at nearly every year’s Lux Style Awards as well as PTV Awards.

In November 2012 she was given a tribute by Karachi Arts Council called ‘Aitraaf e Kamal – Haseena Moin’.