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Mahira Khan - Actress

26/03/2018 GMT

Actor - Mahira Khan

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In culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?

Mahira Khan is Pakistan's biggest female movie star. But in culturally conservative country can an actress be an agent of change?

In culturally conservative, male dominated Pakistan, can an actress be an agent of change? Stephen Sackur speaks to the country's biggest female movie star Mahira Khan. Women in the movie industry have taken the lead in a movement for equality, respect and an end to abusive male behaviour. The mantra #MeToo has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States but how far can it reach?

(Photo: Pakistani actress Mahira Khan at the Beirut International Awards Festivals (BIAF), 2017. Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images)

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