Laag (TV series)

Laag (Urdu: لاگ) is a 1998 Pakistani action crime drama serial that aired on PTV from 1998 until 2000. Its story was based on the issues of Kashmir and mostly shot in Pakistan-administered parts of Kashmir. The serial was written, directed, and produced by Rauf Khalid.^[1]

Laag
Title screen
Genre	Action Crime Drama
Written by	Rauf Khalid
Directed by	Rauf Khalid
Starring	Rauf Khalid Zeba Bakhtiar Nadia Khan Sohail Asghar Nayyar Ejaz Nirma Naima Khan Rashid Mehmood
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	27
Production
Producer	Rauf Khalid
Running time	~35 minutes
Original release
Network	PTV
Release	1998 (1998) – 2000 (2000)

Plot

Huraira is a child from a family struggling to get by in the 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 raises 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 Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.

Cast

• Rauf Khalid as Kailash Agarwal/Huraira
• Zeba Bakhtiar as Bisaal Indaraabi
• Nadia Khan as Safia
• Fareedullah as Waleed Abdullah
• Azra Aftab as Zubaida
• Sohail Asghar as Ghulam Butt / Kaku Lala
• Nayyar Ejaz as Major Kalidas
• Naima Khan as Riffat Ara
• Nirma as Squadern Leader Sheetal Kaali Das
• Rashid Mehmood as Moomal
• Lateef Arshad

See also

• Pakistan Television Corporation
• List of television programmes broadcast by PTV