By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in ….

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances..

Where I grew up in Pakistan, it's really the luck of the draw. My mother got married when she was 17. She never went to college but she wanted each a….

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated..

The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on charity, dry pieces of bread and water, where they….

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult..

Don't give up your dreams..

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been o….

The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan..

It's often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortab….

I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative..

But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense ….

As filmmakers, you're not working on just one project, you're producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to….

I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up busin….

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless….

Education liberates a woman..

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease..

I want people to leave the theater with a greater understanding of the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan. "Song of Lahore" moves beyond headlines an….

I believe in telling the truth..

My advice to other female directors would be to pay no heed to naysayers. Women can be united in the fact that there has always been someone in our l….

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?.