LAHORE: Baaji, a break-out hit from Pakistan’s cinema offerings, is continuing it’s successful run by heading to the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival on November 16.
Baaji has already played at a number of international film festivals including DC South Asian Film Festival and Canada’s Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, the latter of which bagged a Grand Jury Prize win and nominations for the cast.
The film was showered with generally positive reviews opting to forego traditional storylines and build a meta story where much of the content about Meera’s character was inspired from Meera’s own life.
The latest feather in the film’s cap was announced on the film’s official Instagram page.
Saqib Malik’s drama-thriller starring Meera, Amna Ilyas and Osman Khalid Butt was released in June this year to critical acclaim and commercial success, the film went on to make over PKR 11 crore. The story takes place in the dying days of Lollywood, mirroring the fading career of star Meera (played by Meera) trying to stage a phenomenal comeback with the help of her new friendship with a sharp and resourceful Neha (played by Ilyas) and the cunning Rohail Khan, (played by Butt.)
Pakistani flick ‘Baaji’ heads to Vancouver’s South Asian film festival
Pakistani flick ‘Baaji’ heads to Vancouver’s South Asian film festival
- The film won Grand Jury Prize and nominations for the cast at Canada’s Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival
- Saqib Malik's drama-thriller starring Meera has bagged critical acclaim and huge commercial success
US company eyes hydropower projects as Pakistan plans private-led power generation
- The power minister tells GE Vernova it can serve as a strong technical and investment partner
- He highlights reforms in the country’s power sector as Pakistan moves to a market-based model
ISLAMABAD: United States-based energy company GE Vernova on Monday expressed interest in expanding investment in Pakistan’s hydropower sector, an official statement said after a meeting between the company’s hydro division chief and the country’s power minister.
GE Vernova is GE’s dedicated energy company that focuses on power generation, grid technologies and renewable energy, including hydropower, wind and solar technologies, battery and energy storage systems, grid modernization and transmission solutions.
The meeting between the company’s hydropower chief, Frederic Ribieras, and the Pakistani minister, Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, came as the country shifts toward a market-driven power sector in which private developers will lead future generation projects.
“Mr. Ribieras expressed interest in hydropower technologies,” the power ministry said in its statement. “The Minister supported this interest and said a list of potential investment projects can be shared with GE Vernova.”
Leghari told the GE Vernova official that the government wanted the private sector to take the lead in the sector and would not procure power in future.
He maintained the US company “can serve as a strong technical and investment partner.”
The minister said Pakistan was pursuing a least-cost energy strategy and had recently reached nearly 56 percent clean energy generation.
He highlighted transmission constraints and urged global investors to explore business-to-business opportunities, adding that the country needs battery-energy storage systems to support wind-power integration.
According to the statement, Ribieras proposed pumped-storage hydropower as an option, with the minister saying the government was open to reviewing all least-cost solutions.
He also highlighted the ongoing reforms, including the planned privatization of electricity distribution companies, and said GE Vernova’s expertise could support initiatives such as advanced metering infrastructure.
