A two-day drama festival began on Thursday at the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC), in which the students of various female colleges and universities of the twin cities are participating. On the first day, two stage dramas, focusing on social issues, were staged, which were praised by the audience. The theme and characterisation of both the plays were unique, while the viewers also admired the dialogue delivery. A senior journalist Afshan S Khan, also a former resident director of RAC, and renowned figure from Pakistan Television Farkhanda Shamim were selected for the panel to categorise the plays.
The first drama, Sham Se Pehle, was presented by the students of Federal College for Women Islamabad. The writer tried to unearth the social evils produced by modernity and modern technology, and gave the message that the social coherence could be achieved by adopting religious and cultural values. The students from the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) staged “Machar Ap Se Door”, with an attempt to highlight prevailing opportunism in the society. The writer showed how the opportunists take advantage from the miseries of others, as he portrayed the owner of a pharmaceutical company bringing fake medicines in the market after the spread of dengue virus and increases prices.
