Asked about the impact of General Pervez Musharraf s rule in Pakistan, Tahira says: I would say it has been a very good period for those in the creative area. No elected government has given such freedom to television, radio and creative arts. There is a sense of unrestrained creativity in the country and personally I am very happy with the way things are going for us now. Previously it was as if we were living in a country 100 years behind times. Things have changed for the better.

Now even if successive governments try and curb this freedom, having tasted this openness it will be difficult to revert to where we previously were.