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Pakistan News & Features Services The legendary radio producer Azeem Sarwar, who is credited to have revived the iconic character of Jaidi, lavished the man, Athar Shah Khan, with huge praise as the celebrated writer, playwright and actor passed away in Karachi on May 10 at the age of 76.  Although Athar Shah Khan had himself created the character of Jaidi for a television play but it became a household name much later when revived by Azeem Sarwar through radio programmes like ‘Rung hee rung, Jaidi kay sung’ and ‘Jaidy kay mehman’ which ran for a staggering 23 years.  His monumental success on radio upstaged his own earlier good work for television.  “The character of Jaidi had died in the television play. Yes it was on my suggestion that he had agreed to revive it. The rest is history as they say. It turned out to be a masterstroke and the character of Jaidi was immortalized with our radio programmes,” Azeem Sarwar recalled modestly while talking exclusively to PNFS....

Pakistan News & Features Services Moin Akhtar, one of the greatest-ever entertainers to have been produced by Pakistan, had passed away nine years ago on April 22 but he’s still fondly and passionately remembered and his works remain fresh in the memory of a large number of audience in different corners of the planet.  Hailing from Karachi, versatility was the name of the game for him as besides being a television, film and stage artist of pedigree, he was also a terrific humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer.  The multi-faceted Moin Akhtar had the elusive quality of doing justice to all his roles and he was incredibly successful in making every character his own with his talents and hard work. Born on December 24, 1950, he began his career from Radio Pakistan at the age of 16 but he came into prominence with his stints on television as he went from strength to strength and never looked back.  His all-round excellence made him o...