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RESURGENCE OF PAKISTANI CINEMA THEMATIC & TECHNICAL REVIEW OF 21ST CENTURY FILM PRODUCTION & FUTURE PROSPECTS
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This, the second of two remarkable essays by Muhammad Hasan Askari ( translated in this volume, was originally published in January during the second, Pakistani phase of Askari's life and career. With it, his expansive canvass of cultural references is extended to encompass French documentary realism of the s, early modern Indo-Persian Islamicate music and Indo-Muslim literary fiction, and cinema under colonialism. In contrast to his earlier piece on the usage of color in film, here Askari is concerned with cultural identity and thematic content rather than matters of form and aesthetics. His usual sophistication of thought is evident throughout the essay, which begins with a poignant anecdote from the aftermath of Partition, in which the question of who and what was to be considered Pakistani rose its head almost immediately, leading to confusion about such basic questions as the place of non-Muslim heritage-specifically, the statue of Ganga Ram, the defacement
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&#;You tend to hear the worst 5% of the Pakistan story 95% of the time.&#;
The above is a quote attributed to Pakistani Entrepreneur Monis Rahman in Aug 8, Forbes Magazine story titled &#;Want to Start a Company in the World's Sixth-Most Populous Country? Time to Move to Pakistan&#;.
On Pakistan's 64th birthday today, there is a lot of coverage by the traditional media focused on "the worst 5% of the Pakistan story". To help my readers piece together the full story of Pakistan this August 14, , I am writing today to present some of the key parts of the rest of the 95% of the Pakistan storythat gets little or no coverage.
Let's start with some of the key indicators of progress Pakistan has made since independence in
1. Health & Wealth:
The health and wealth of a nation depend on availability of good nutrition and access to health care and education, which in turn rely on economic growth to support needed public and private social spending.
The most basic indicators of progress, such as the life expectancy and per capita incomes of many nations, have been compiled and brought to life in animations developed by Professor Hans Rosling and posted on
The Gapminder animations show that life expectancy in Pakistan has jumped from 32 years in to 67 years in ,