Education
Born in Karachi in 1961, Sabiha Sumar studied Filmmaking and Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York from 1980-1983 and then read History and Political Thought at Cambridge University.
Born in Karachi in 1961, Sabiha Sumar studied Filmmaking and Political Science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York from 1980-1983 and then read History and Political Thought at Cambridge University.
Sabiha Sumar has earned acclaim for her independent films, which deal with political and social issues such as the effects of religious fundamentalism on society, and especially on women. Her first feature film, Silent Waters (Khamosh Pani) played in film festivals around the world. lieutenant led to the quashing of death-by-stoning sentence for Shahida Parveen, accused of adultery
Her documentary films include Don"t Ask Why (1999), Foreign a Place Under the Heavens (2003), On the roofs of Delhi (2007), and Dinner with the President (2007).
In 2013, her latest feature film Good Morning Karachi was released.
In 1992 Sumar founded Vidhi Films.