Category: Milestones

Member of Film Festival’s Selection CommitteeMember of Film Festival’s Selection Committee

I was invited to be part of the Selection Committee of GiFF x NAPA – the only film festival held in Karachi, Pakistan in 2022. This was a pioneering event of its own kind, as there are no prestigious film festivals that take place in Karachi, or in Pakistan for that matter (apart from a couple of student film fests at universities). Nevertheless, I was honored to select and curate films submitted from across the globe to be showcased in a ceremony held on September 24 to 25, 2022 at the Zia Mohyeddin Auditorium, NAPA, Karachi.
Click here, here, here, and here for media coverage.

You can see the print version of Pakistan’s top English newspaper’s extensive reports of the festival’s opening [here] and closing [here].

Download GiFF x NAPA Festival Schedule

Screenwriting Instructor at Pakistan’s top arts academyScreenwriting Instructor at Pakistan’s top arts academy

I was invited to teach an intensive course on the art and craft of Screenwriting at Pakistan’s most prestigious performing arts academy – the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA). The course was part of NAPA’s Continuing Education program and lasted for three months starting from June 17 till September 16, 2022.

The promotion media campaign of this pioneering course was touted to be the first masterclass of its kind in Pakistan’s top academy of arts, itself was an honor for me.

Nomination for Best Writer at 7th HUM Awards 2019Nomination for Best Writer at 7th HUM Awards 2019

I was nominated for Best Writer for the prestigious Hum Awards (Pakistan’s answer to Golden Globe’s) back in 2019. I did not win the coveted trophy but the nomination itself was worthy of a great honor. The ceremony was held in Houston, US on October 06, 2019. Click here, here, here , here and here for its media coverage.