City Reporter
The Lahore Arts Council’s street theatre series “Alhamra on Wheel” has presented play “Jahaiz “at Kinnaird College for Women, here on Thursday, Nov 7th. The purpose of the drama was to encourage students to stay away from this social evil, the play was presented by Azad Theatre, written by William Pervez and directed by Malik Aslam.
Chairperson Lahore Arts Council (LAC) Moneeza Hashmi and Executive Director LAC Athar Ali Khan attended the event.
On the opening of the Drama, Chairperson Board of Governors Lahore Arts Council Moneeza Hashmi thanked the administration of Kinnaird College for given us the opportunity to present the drama “Dowry” and said to the students that, Alhamra is providing awareness to messes about the important social issues, and you have to carry on the thinking that is behind the drama “Dowry”. She also shared her memories of Kinnaird College with students.
Executive Director Arts Council Lahore Arts Council Athar Ali Khan said in his comments that by organizing “Alhamra on Wheel” we have revived our old and golden tradition of street theater, in which drama “Jahaiz” is being presented at various colleges of Lahore.
The play is based on the story of our society, through this Alhamra wants to change attitude of our society towards the girls by educate our youth through this innovative idea of “Alhamra on Wheel”.
The play “Jahaiz” at Kinnaird College for women was greatly appreciated by the students and other staff. The cast of the Drama were got huge round of applause from the audience.
