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Zarqa (1969)

Zarqa (1969)

Drama
Release Date: 1969, October 17
Directors: Riaz Shahid
Countries: Pakistan
Production: Riaz Shahid Productions, Riaz Shahid Productions
Cast: Neelo

Overview:

It is based on the life of Zarqa, a Palestinian dancer girl and a freedom activist, who killed herself for the liberation of Palestine involving Israeli-occupied territories and Palestinian liberation movement. It also addresses a real event of Neelo (The Actress) when she was forcibly invited by Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, the governor of West Pakistan to his office to perform a stage dance during the 1965's official visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Pakistan.