Haseena Moin

Haseena Moin
حسینہ معین
Born(1941-11-20)20 November 1941
Kanpur, United Provinces, British India (present day India)
Died26 March 2021(2021-03-26) (aged 79)[1]
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Other namesHaseena Apa
Alma materGovernment College for Women, Karachi University
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, playwright, writer, educationist, principal in Fazal-ur-Rehman Govt Girls Secondary School
Years active1970–2021
AwardsPride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1987

Haseena Moin (Urdu: حسینہ معین) (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan Television's first original script Kiran Kahani aired in the early-1970s. Before this, PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas. She was considered to be the best playwright and dramatist in Urdu Pakistan has ever witnessed.[2][3][4]

Some of the dramas she wrote include Ankahi, Tanhaiyaan, Kiran Kahani, Dhoop Kinaray, Aahat, Uncle Urfi, Shehzori, Kohar, Des Pardes, Pal Do Pal, Aansoo, Kasak, Parchaiyan and Parosi. Other works include Mere Dard ko Jo Zuban Milay, Kaisa Yeh Junoon, Dhundle Raste, Shayad ke Bahar Aaye, Mohim Joo, Tum Se Mil Kar, Bandish and Zair, Zabar, Pesh.[5]

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