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Dramatist Haseena Moin passes away in Karachi

Dramatist Haseena Moin passes away in Karachi

Twitter has been flooded with an outpouring of grief.
Updated 26 Mar, 2021

Writer and dramatist Haseena Moin has passed away in Karachi. She was 79 years old.

The cause of her death was not immediately announced.

Twitter was instantly flooded with an outpouring of grief at her death.

Moin, one of the most prolific dramatists in Pakistani history, was known for writing classics like Tanhaiyan, Anakhi and Dhoop Kinare. She was also the one who introduced Zeba Bakhtiar to Raj Kapoor for the movie Henna, which Moin also wrote.

Read more: Haseena in lockdown

She was last seen in public at a Pakistan Day event at the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi on March 23.

A day before that, she visited the Arts Council of Pakistan to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

A web-series she wrote on breast cancer is scheduled to release next month. Moin was a breast cancer survivor.

Moin was in her teens when she started writing a column for the popular children’s monthly Bhaijan. When she was in her 20s she wrote skits for the popular weekly radio programme Studio Number Nau. But it was the new audio-visual medium of TV which brought the best out of her.

She made her debut with a light comedy Happy Eid Mubarak which featured Neelofer Aleem and Shakeel. The ‘long play’ proved to be an immense success. Neelofer then played the title role in the serial Shehzori, which was Moin's adaptation of Azeem Beg Chughtai’s novel with the same name.

Read more: Haseena Moin Profile

Those were the days when PTV did not have much confidence in Pakistani writers’ ability to pen serials based on original stories. Moin was, however, encouraged to write what became Kiran Kahani, Pakistan's first original script. Iftikhar Arif, the script editor, had a good look at the script and backed her to the hilt. To say that the serial was a grand success is to state the obvious.

Her serials that followed — Zer Zabar Pesh, Ankahi, Dhoop Kinaray, Aahat, Uncle Urfi, Parchhaiyan and Tanhaiyan, to name a few, though not necessarily in the same order — were widely successful. She also wrote plays and serials for producers across the Wagah Border.

Comments

Fast comment Mar 26, 2021 09:38am
RIP.
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ali Mar 26, 2021 09:41am
RIP! a great writer who gave us iconic dramas. An institution in herself.
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Nusrat Mar 26, 2021 09:41am
RIP
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Aftab, NJ Mar 26, 2021 09:49am
End of an era. May she rest in peace. Wonderful, memorable work.
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Adnan Mazher Khan Mar 26, 2021 09:50am
Rest in Peace. Haseena Moin will always live in our lives as a true legend.
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Asif A. Shah Mar 26, 2021 10:03am
My condolences!
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Hadi Mar 26, 2021 10:11am
You gave us the gift of tranquil childhood memories through your pen. Rest in Peace! :)
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Irfan ul Huq Mar 26, 2021 10:19am
Phony condolances are being poured in from the members of the entertainment industry particular TV. she was a great writer and she proved that but this mediocre industry forgotten completely and did not utilise her services and remained remains an obscure and underwhelmed industry. Today in the industry we have writers who can't write we have thinkers who can't think.
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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Mar 26, 2021 10:31am
What an irreparable loss. What a legend, Hasina Moin sahiba was by far the best. Condolences and prayers for the family. We lost a national treasure today. Rip Hasina Moin sahiba.
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Pakistani Mar 26, 2021 10:35am
Really sad to know that. Wonderful drama writer. She will be dearly missed. May her soul rest in peace. Ameen
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Shahbaz Ahmed Tarar Mar 26, 2021 10:48am
RIP! What a lady she was to Pakistani dramas.. will miss her..
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huma zaman Mar 26, 2021 10:49am
Sad sad news to wake up to
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Pakistani Mar 26, 2021 10:56am
Person who made the difference
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Zak Mar 26, 2021 10:57am
A real loss to the arts world and specially to Pakistan. The nation remembers her popular drama serials and always will. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
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Picacho Mar 26, 2021 10:58am
Huge loss. RIP
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Syed A. Mateen Mar 26, 2021 11:14am
It is very sad to know that Haseena Moin is no more with us. As a leading dramatist she was very popular among the masses. For the last few years she was also elected in the managing committee of the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi and members use to vote for her without being asked by her. Pakistan has lost a real talent of a leading drama writer. Her departure from the world have created a vacuum which will difficult to fill in the coming years.
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Jamil Kaludi Mar 26, 2021 11:20am
Ina Lillah e wa Ina Ilahee Rajeoun! My late sister's favorite writer, whenever Haseena Moin's writing took a shape of a drama, my sister would excitedly call and remind me that this piece of literary work is worth watching. I soon became a fan of this legend as well, and I would attribute my interest in any body of literature in any language today to that experience. What a great loss! Rest in Peace my dear writer, and role model for so many!
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jaredlee007 Mar 26, 2021 11:26am
In today's Pakistan, there is no single woman who can match Haseena Moin.
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Ahmad Mar 26, 2021 11:26am
Inna lillahe wa inna ilehe rajiun. I am very saddened to hear this terrible news. May she Rest In Peace. She will never be forgotten for her dramas.
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shakeel mahota Mar 26, 2021 11:27am
Great loss.. the cause of death must be announced immediately as she dies only three days after getting Covid vaccine..
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Arry Mar 26, 2021 12:08pm
Thank you very much for enriching our lives! May you rest in eternal peace!
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Zunaira Azeem Chaudhry Mar 26, 2021 01:51pm
Inna lillahi wanlillahi rajeaon,
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Toni Mar 26, 2021 03:23pm
Bless her, may women benefit from her legacy.
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tariq Islam Mar 26, 2021 03:37pm
Loss of a legend! RIP
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Pakistan wala Mar 26, 2021 03:56pm
Rest in peace!
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AZAM AKBAR Mar 26, 2021 04:12pm
Rest In Peace.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Mar 26, 2021 04:21pm
What a grave, grim, gruesome, gross, gigantic and great tragedy? Inna Lilla Hay Waa Inna Illehey Rajayoon.
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Umar Makhdumi Mar 26, 2021 06:14pm
A great and tragic loss
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Salman Mar 26, 2021 06:16pm
InnaLillah e WaInna Elaiyheh Rajay'yoon
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Wafa Ali Mar 26, 2021 07:48pm
She got vaccinated on 23 March and passed away on 25 March. Cause of death unknown. Raises clear questions on the efficacy of the so called vaccine which apparently is still a work in progress.
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Masood Khan Mar 26, 2021 08:02pm
The greatest of the great TV writers plus the great number of artists that we know today because of her scripts.
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Amjad Durrani Engineer USA Mar 26, 2021 08:15pm
R.I.P
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Naeem Husain Mar 26, 2021 08:30pm
Irreparable loss! Rare and great writer she was!
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Naseema Siddiqui Mar 26, 2021 09:32pm
Haseena Moin was a legend undoubtedly, but most importantly she was a humanitarian. She loved her family, friends and cared for her colleagues. With thousands of mile between Canada and Pakistan the distance did not effect our friendship. We could talk and share our good times and bad times. I will forever miss her. Rest In Peace my friend
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ambreen Mar 27, 2021 12:29am
A big loss .Her work will always keep her memory alive
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T Mar 27, 2021 04:07am
Two days ago she took Corona vaccine
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Badshah Mar 27, 2021 05:31pm
@Wafa Ali Celebrate her life instead of making political statements. RIP the greatest defender of women rights through her pen.
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nk Mar 29, 2021 01:08am
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ The mother and pioneer of the popular PTV dramas has left us. The mother, sister and maker of many great artist has left us behind. One shining star of Pakistan television has met its end. May she be bestowed and blessed with the best of the here after -- Aameen
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