Laag ( ur, لاگ) is a 1998
Pakistan
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action
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Film
* Action film, a genre of film
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crime
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drama
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serial, run by
PTV between 1998 and 2000. Its story was based on the issues of
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
and mostly shot in Pakistan administered part of Kashmir. Serial was written, directed and produced by
Rauf Khalid
Abdul Rauf Khalid ( ur, ; 19 December 1957 in Peshawar – 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director.
Early life and career
Rauf Khalid, while he was still a college student, began writing for Radio ...
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Plot
Huraira is a child from a family which struggles to get by in Indian Administered Kashmir. In an attack planned by JKLF area commander Ghulam Butt, all of Huraira's siblings are killed. Huraira is lucky enough to escape and is found by a Hindu couple. The couple raise him as "Kailash", and he leaves his former life behind. However, he is haunted by his past when he grows into a man and witnesses hostile elements in the state.
Cast
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Rauf Khalid
Abdul Rauf Khalid ( ur, ; 19 December 1957 in Peshawar – 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director.
Early life and career
Rauf Khalid, while he was still a college student, began writing for Radio ...
as Kailash Agarwal/Huraira
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Zeba Bakhtiar
Zeba Bakhtiar ( ur, ; born 5 November 1962) is a Pakistani film/TV actress and a television director. She is known for her TV drama ''Anarkali'' (1988), the Bollywood romantic drama ''Henna'' (1991), and the Lollywood movie, '' Sargam'' (1995 ...
as Bisaal Indaraabi
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Nadia Khan
Nadia Khan (born 22 May 1971) is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and producer. She is best known for the ''Nadia Khan Show'', a morning TV programme, and for OutStyle, her YouTube channel. She is known for her role in the PTV series ...
as Safia
* Fareedullah as Waleed Abdullah
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Azra Aftab
Azra Aftab is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Dhuwan'', ''Manzil'', '' Laag'', '' Dasht'' and ''Madiha Maliha''.
Early life
Azra was born in 1958 on November 23 in Karachi, Pakistan. She joined the industry in 1990.
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as Zubaida
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Sohail Asghar
Sohail Asghar (15 June 1954 – 13 November 2021) was a Pakistani TV, Film and Theater actor.
Life
Sohail was born in Lahore, Pakistan. After completing his education he joined Radio Pakistan. He worked as Radio Jockey from 1978 to 1988. He wa ...
as Ghulam Butt / Kaku Lala
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Nayyar Ejaz
Nayyar Ejaz (or Nayyar Ijaz) ( ur, نیر اعجاز) is a Pakistani film and television actor. Ejaz has been working in television industry since early 1990s. He is famous for his side roles (villain) ''Kali Das'' in the television serial ''Laag ...
as Major Kalidas
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Naima Khan
Naima Khan is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Tum Mere Kya Ho'', ''Saya-e-Dewar Bhi Nahi'', ''Shehnai'', ''Yaqeen Ka Safar'' and ''Yeh Dil Mera''.
Early life
Naima was born in 1972 on October 26th in Lahore. She compl ...
as Riffat Ara
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Nirma
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as Squadern Leader Sheetal Kaali Das
* Rashid Mehmood as Moomal
* Lateef Arshad
See also
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Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore.
Background
Historical co ...
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List of television programmes broadcast by PTV
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References
External links
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Urdu-language television shows
Pakistani crime television series
Pakistani drama television series
Pakistan Television Corporation original programming
Pakistani action television series
1998 Pakistani television series debuts
2000 Pakistani television series endings
1990s Pakistani television series
2000s Pakistani television series
Indian Armed Forces in fiction
Television shows set in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir conflict in fiction
India–Pakistan relations in popular culture