Efforts afoot to revive past glory of entertainment industry of Pakistan: Tarar

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Culture Attaullah Tarar on Saturday said that Pakistan had a great legacy in the entertainment industry and efforts were being made to revive that legacy.

“We in Pakistan used to take great pride in the dramas that we used to produce which were watched the world over. We used to take great pride in the songs and films we used to produce and they were also very famous the world over,” he said while addressing the screening ceremony of ‘Kazakh Khanate: Golden Throne' drama series here.

“Pakistan had a great legacy that I had inherited as minister for information and culture and this legacy had a great historical value”, he maintained. “I believe that my mission as minister would be to revive the legacy that we once had and promote cooperation between the two countries”, he added.

Attaullah Tarar said that Pakistan and Kazakhstan enjoyed a lot of commonalities and they had deep-rooted linkages not only in culture but also in history. He said that historic relations and culture, common history and heritage brought the two nations closer.

The minister opined that there were a lot of common terminologies in the national languages of both countries which also brought them closer. He said as minister for information and culture, it was his responsibility to promote not only entertainment but also promote deep-rooted strategic ties between Pakistan and Kazakhstan.

“Our deputy prime minister was in Astana just a few days back and had a significant dialogue with Kazakhstan foreign minister and dignitaries there,” he remarked.