Aangan Terha was a satirical Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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 presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir

Salim Nasir

Saleem Nasir was a Pakistani film and TV actor. He was born in Nagpur, India, with his experience in film and television acting, he developed mastery in artistic skills and built a career on based on his versatile...

, Shakeel

Shakeel

Shakeel, born Yusuff Kamal , is a Pakistani television actor best known for his roles in Uncle Urfi and Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha. He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Butterflies are Free...

, Arshad Mehmood

Arshad Mehmood

Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...

, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari

Bushra Ansari

-Early Life, education and family:Born in Karachi, Ansari is the daughter of eminent journalist and writer Ahmad Bashir. Bushra studied in Lahore at Lady Griffin School and then she did intermediate from famous Lahore College for Women University, completed her BA in 1977 from Waqarunnisa College...

 in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood

Anwar Maqsood

Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...

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Ideology

The Drama is based on many stories on multiple issues of the society and indirect criticism on the Martial LAW system. Many Major Pakistani stars and artists played guest roles including the great comedians like Lehri and Late Moin Akhtar.

Lead characters

• Akbar, played by Salim Nasir
  Salim Nasir
  Saleem Nasir was a Pakistani film and TV actor. He was born in Nagpur, India, with his experience in film and television acting, he developed mastery in artistic skills and built a career on based on his versatile...
  
  , previously a classical dancer
• Mehboob Ahmed, a retired civil servant, played by Shakeel
  Shakeel
  Shakeel, born Yusuff Kamal , is a Pakistani television actor best known for his roles in Uncle Urfi and Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha. He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Butterflies are Free...
  
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• Jehan Ara Begum, Mehboob's wife, played by Bushra Ansari
  Bushra Ansari
  -Early Life, education and family:Born in Karachi, Ansari is the daughter of eminent journalist and writer Ahmad Bashir. Bushra studied in Lahore at Lady Griffin School and then she did intermediate from famous Lahore College for Women University, completed her BA in 1977 from Waqarunnisa College...
  
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• Chaudhry Sahib, Mehboob Ahmed's neighbor, played by Arshad Mehmood
  Arshad Mehmood
  Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
  
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• hamsheera sultana,chaudhry sahib's sister,played by durdana butt

Guest appearances

• Late Moin Akhtar
• Lehri
  Lehri
  Lehri are a Brahui and Balochi speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are descended from the Rind Baloch and have emerged from the Domki tribe. The Lehris originally had their headquarters in Narmuk, Kalat District...
  
  
• Alamgir
  Alamgir
  Alamgir may refer to:*Alamgir I, also known as Aurangzeb, ruler of the Mughal Empire 1658–1707*Alamgir II, ruler of the Mughal Empire 1754–1759*Alamgir Hashmi, English avant-garde poet*Alamgir , a pioneer of pop music in Pakistan...
  
  
• Late Subhani ba Younus
• Anwar Maqsood
  Anwar Maqsood
  Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...