Maalik

The film is about a man who served in the special forces in Pakistan. At a certain point his life crosses into politics. What he comes up against is kidnapping for ransom, terror and corruption in the ruling circles. His team come to see that serving the state is not simply a matter of following orders. The film aims at the judiciary, the police and the political class together. The work opened after clearing all three censor boards. But eighteen days later it was banned, the reason given being that a former chief minister was shown as a corrupt man. The ban was lifted by a court the same year. Ashir Azeem wrote and directed this Pakistani film of 2016.