My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan.

My family restores my sense of ease and keeps me balanced.

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

I want people to leave the theater with a greater understanding of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. "Song of Lahore" moves beyond headlines and stereotypes and shows that a vast majority of Pakistanis are not perpetrators of religious violence - they are victims of it. The beautiful cultural heritage of the region belies its image in the West as monolithically religious, intolerant, and violent.

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.