2024-07-01
40 分钟Salima Hashmi is a pioneer of political satire on Pakistani TV. But after the dictator General Zia took power in the 1977 military coup, she faced new and dangerous challenges when her show was banned. It was a troubling time for Salima’s family but from exile, her father Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote his most famous poem, Hum Dekhenge, a battle cry for liberation. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Maryam Maruf Archive from the Faiz Foundation Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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In the 1950s, when the Pakistani poet and political prisoner Faiz Ahmed Fez was released, he had a very specific request.
He wanted the singer Noor Jahan to perform a poem he'd written behind bars.
Mujsi Peli si Muhabbat, a poem about love and oppression, became one of the most popular songs of the era.
Fez's poetry was immortalized by singers like Noor Jahan and Iqbal Bano.
But after the 1977 military coup in Pakistan, performances of Fez were actively discouraged by the state.
General Zia Al Haq, a military dictator, was now in control.
Defiance of the law wasn't just met with prison.
You can now face the threat of public flogging and even stoning to death.
So Fez went into political exile, returning to Lahore occasionally.
But his daughter Salima Hashmi, remained in Pakistan throughout.
Welcome to Lives Less Ordinary from the BBC World Service.
I'm your host, Mubin Azar, and this is the final part of my interview with Salima Hashmi.
Salimah and her husband Shoaib were both academics, an art professor and an economics lecturer, respectively.
Last episode, Salima told us how they also had a career in tv, creating the country's first political satire show.