Waqat Ki Awaz - Interfaith drama promotes love of humanity in Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan: March 14, 2010, (PCTV Newsdesk)


Fr. Patrick Mc Caffrey SSC and Raza William Coordinators of Waqat Ki Awaz

From 2005 The Columban fathers broadcast weekly programme Waqat Ki Awaz (voice of the time) regularly with the purpose of formation and social harmony among the religions in Pakistan on every Friday afternoon from Radio Pakistan Lahore centre at MW 630kw from 03.10-03.40.p.m. and from Radio Pakistan Rawalpindi centre at FM 98.

On the 12th of March an Urdu dram was broadcast from Radio Pakistan. The name of the drama was Hum Aik Hen (We are One).It was written by Musarat Klanchvi while it was voiced by Farzana Thahem, Shama Ali, Yunas Sunny, Jamil Fakhri and Raza William. It was recorded by Patras Niamat

The drama goes like this: A Parsi lady doctor does her work with dedication by taking a good care of the patients. She is punctual and gives full and sometime more time to her duty. She talks in a cordial way to the sick people. Due to these qualities one Christian man gets completely healed and after a while comes back to thank her and presents her with a gift of a Cross. Parsi doctor thanks and refuses to take that Cross by saying that she does not have any objection to wear the Cross but at the same time tells about her religion’s customs and cultural values.

Parsi lady doctor resides with her old father. Suddenly her father dies. All the people who are acquainted with her support and show their concern towards her as a sister or daughter. Her paternal uncle comes to Pakistan from England after learning about the death of his elder brother. He tells her to go with him to England but she refuses to go with him as she has developed a relationship of deep concern to the patients like her own family. After the death of her father the Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and all are joined to her like her own relatives. Eventually her uncle gets impressed by the relationships and goes back to England with the prayer that all the religions in Pakistan may grow in a deeper relationship with the blessing of God and all may continue to build Pakistan.

With the vast radio broadcast experience Fr. Colm Murphy SSC was the initiator of this radio program and after his return to Ireland in Mary,2009, Fr. Patrick took this responsibility.

You can listen some of the programs of Waqat Ki Awaz at our website.