Guilt-laughing at misery of India, Pakistan
Written by Anwar Maqsood, the play is an entertainer steering murder accusations against Jinnah and Gandhi KARACHI: Acclaimed author Saadat Hasan Manto once wrote, “Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still a slave in both these countries–the slave of prejudice, of religious fanaticism, of barbarity and inhumanity.” Whether the above statement holds any merit or not is another debate, the real question is if the founders of the respective countries would have imagined the promised homelands to be plagued by such vices. Did their dreams of independent nations include the notions of slavery? Perhaps yes, but neither of them lived enough to see through the tragedy that unfolded after Partition. Legendary playwright Anwar Maqsood, known for his Independence special plays Sawa 14 August and Pawnay 14 August, took 10 years to write an end to his trilogy--- and with this one, he brought back characters from the past to witness the political, econ
