An evening of performing art, Aik Shaam Uncle Sam Ke Naam, will be held on September 6 (today) at Pakistan Academy of Letters to highlight Manto’s works. The event is being organized by Theatre Wallay in collaboration with Alliance Francaise d’Islamabad to present a reading of Manto’s letters written by him to Uncle Sam (United States of America) between 1951 and 1954. The reading will be done by performers from Theatre Wallay’s pool of volunteers for those having interest in Manto’s works. Salman Zaheer, Safeer Ullah Khan, Tajdar Zaidi, Tughral Turab Ali and Madeeha Shams are among the readers to present works of prominent short story writer of Urdu language, Saadat Hassan Manto.
