“I prefer meaningful ‘expensive gifts’ such as prayers, trust, respect, sincerity, time and attention.”

— Fahad Mustafa, producer, actor and host

“As a child, I feared ghosts, but as I grew older, I realised that humans can be even more frightening.”

— Kinza Hashmi, actor

“It took us 10 years to re-establish our drama industry and now we are being watched all over the world. Bringing back foreign content to Pakistan will destroy our actors, producers, directors [and] writers once again.”

— Shamoon Abbasi, actor and producer

“Please urge the government to ban the sale of acid over the counter. Make it mandatory for every vendor to register customers and notify [someone] every time someone buys it.”

— Nadia Afgan, actor

Published in Dawn, ICON, June 28th, 2026