Comments on: Geo Quaid-e-Azam Special Show

By: Sarosh

Sarosh — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:17:12 +0000

Very shallow to be honest …

I expected much better from Anwar Maqsood; his ideas about Quaid and Iqbal’s philosophies, including Khudi, are miles off base … many subjects were totally irrelivent … all in all poorly written, poorly directed and poorly acted …

As for Quaid’s comments about Musharraf; it was totally irrelivent and unnecessary, and immoral as well, as Anwar does not have a right to put his ideas in Quaid’s mouth … … I, however, agree to the extent that all the things that people are against musharraf for (media, courts etc.) were present in Nawaz’s period as well, and only sometimes with added severity and lacking even the few positives we could see this time …

By: Dervaish

Dervaish — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:16:48 +0000

I think the Admin should keep uploading these programmes, even if they show a different, even the opposite, point of view. To censor them beforehand, without giving us the opportunity to criticise and unmask them, will only benefit those who sing paeans to tyranny and justify these illegitimate setups that we see all the time in Pakistan. Anwar Maqsood is not an exception; many have done it before him in Pakistan. Ashfaque Ahmed`s name comes to mind during the Zia years (although many claimed that he was trying to say the opposite in his long plays and it was the audiance who was at fault for failing to “read between the lines”!).

Anwar Maqsood: you are one sorry soul. You may have tried your best to be funny and “subtle” by putting things in the mouths of your jokers in this show with the intention that the audience will see the irony and the sarcasm, but you have miserably failed and disappointed us. Do we now have to dig up graves and bring back national icons and heroes to justify a pimp-and-whore setup in order to “save Pakistan”? Since when did tyranny become equal to “national security” and since when did praising such tyranny become equal to creativity and/or comic art? You are no artist with integrity, possessing an independent mind and spirit: you are just another fake, a lota, a chamcha. The clown that you are, it still does not suit you to bend so low. What a shame!

By: mujtabakhan

mujtabakhan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:16:28 +0000

Anwar Maqsood has proven himself to be a pseudo intellectual with this program. That he would support a despot who has single handedly destroyed every institution in the country is unbelievable SHAME ON HIM for dragging Quaid into this.

By: adnan21

adnan21 — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:39:22 +0000

over all clip was alright where quaid says pakistan is suraah rahmaan that was really inspiring but i definitly dont agree with the comment that mush saved the country.

adnan

By: missing_pakistan

missing_pakistan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:58:07 +0000

Dear Admin,
Isn’t it better if you listen the WHOLE program BEFORE uploading it on this web site.
BUT,

If you knew what so called Qaid is saying, then may be the slogan of this web site is ” Jis ki Laathi ,us ki Bhains”

This is very very famous slogan, this is the slogan of MUSH and Bush!! They dont follow any moral values, they are free ppl. So does this web site is turning into.

It is really sad that no one trustworthy left .

Eid Mubarak!!

By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:20:09 +0000

American special forces to come Pakistan earlier next year for “training”
The BEGINING ?

http://jang.com.pk/jang/dec2007-daily/26-12-2007/update.htm#46

By: taimurdar

taimurdar — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:19:17 +0000

I haven’t seen the program but this is just sad. How dare he put in musharraf’s name in Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s birthday play. This is just awful.

By: salmanearn

salmanearn — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:45:51 +0000

The proggram was very imprssive love it ,Please for god sake be a little petriotic not pathatic.The P should always stand for Pakistan not any thing else.
Pakistan Zindabad

ABB TU GESEE BHI HOON HALAT MERE LOGOON
KUDH KO TAKSEEM NA KARNAA MERE PYARE LOGOON

By: Omer

Omer — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:47:05 +0000

@Gul
I fully agree with you. A good concept but executed very poorly. Anwar Maqsood always uses word pun to sound like an intellectual.

By: Gul

Gul — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:38:29 +0000

A weak programme, and unforgivably slow and boring. To say that the script and execution of the entire play were mediocre, would be an understatement. But then Anwar Maqsood was always mediocre. To put the icing on the cake, the messages (about equality of men and women in Pakistan, and the legitimacy of Martial Law) put into the Quaid’s mouth, were intellectually bankrupt and morally corrupt. Very unfortunate that such programmes are being made, and watched.

Anyone notice it was two years old? Anwar Maqsood twice repeated Pakistan’s history to be 58 years old.