Made in Pakistan – Scenes From 2009

An interesting film, albeit limited by its unrelenting focus on the middle class. But it was the Q&A that proved most illuminating about Pakistani society. Why was it only about Lahore, demanded one Islamabad questioner (irritated perhaps, by a gem of a putdown in the film that if one student had nothing positive to contribute in Lahore, he should leave and settle for an ordinary degree in Islamabad). Unfazed, the director, Nasir Khan, proffered a disarming excuse: that he had no money to travel. What could he do, he shrugged. Your average Taliban is 17, lean and married. He is 33, overweight, overworked and still unmarried. That got a laugh. Full article.

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