Mass Foundation Theatre in collaboration with Lahore Arts Council will stage a play, titled Sipahi Maqbool Hussain, from October 27 to November 4.

The play is being staged on the directives of the Punjab Information and Culture Minister Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan.

It has been written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and the cast will include Rashid Mehmood, Sarfraz Ansari, Azra Aftab and Tanveer Shah. 

The objective of the play is to share with the public the sacrifice that the Sepoy rendered for the country.

Maqbool Hussain was injured and taken prisoner by the Indian Army in the 1965 war and spent 40 years in jail there.

He passed away on Aug 28 this year.