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Baano Razia Butt Novel

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Razia Butt

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Razia Butt was an Urdu novelist and playwright from Pakistan. Her novels typically have strong female protagonists, and have been dramatised in movies and television plays.

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May 6, 2014
Amazing book, would recommend every pakistani to read it. It explained why the muslims in india NEEDED a country where they could feel safe and practice their religion without fearing for their loved ones or their own lives. With a beautiful love story interwined with plot of the Novel.
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103 reviews57 followers
March 1, 2020
Writing this with heavy heart, tears rolling over my cheeks, hands trembling.This is one of the story that touches my soul. The way razia butt potrays character of bano is unparalleled.All the sacrifices that bano and other girls made during partition,I hope that one day Pakistan become just like what bano thought of it.
34 reviews1 follower
January 9, 2014
Painful novel, really hoped for Bano and Hassan but some things are just not meant to happen. True history..
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5 reviews27 followers
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February 23, 2015
I wish I had read this before watching 'Dastaan'- drama based on this novel.
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28 reviews59 followers
July 26, 2016
Heart-rending.
Not possible that you didn't cry while reading it.
Thank you Allah SWT for Pakistan, my Pak watan.
Thank you my ancestors for your selfless sacrifices.
Mothers of this nation, we will make sure inshaAllah that the sacrifices you made for us do not go in vain.
Pakistan Zindabad!
709 reviews65 followers
March 15, 2020
Breathtakingly painful story. The tale of partition is laden with countless wounds, sighs, cries, deaths, sacrifices, broken dreams; only to see one wish coming true; a free land. Set in Ludhiana, Bano's story has all these elements, where events of the partition play a central role. This novel was adapted as a TV serial, which was equally gripping.
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May 17, 2021
انتہائی تلخ حقیقت! کتاب پڑھیں اور آپ ان لوگوں کا احترام کرنا شروع کریں گے جنہوں نے 1947 میں پاکستان کے لئے جدوجہد کی
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134 reviews4 followers
October 1, 2021
It is a wonderful novel, really enjoyed reading it.Just finished this marvelous novel by Razia Butt. May Allah help us to follow her message and do efforts at individual and collective levels to make Pakistan prosperous.
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June 12, 2019
I just saw the drama based on this novel and I am literally terrified and heartbroken
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278 reviews15 followers
July 4, 2021
I remember i was sobbing while reading this.
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53 reviews
March 14, 2025
marked this in place of a cringe ass book “LOVE HOGYA TERE NAAL” smth which isnt on good reads, pls maazrat 😭🙏🏼
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327 reviews15 followers
October 28, 2022
This is a masterpiece by Razia Butt. An eye-opener. A very heart-touching must-read novel. It's really important for our generation and the generations to come, who were not there at the time of partition, to know all the sufferings and heart-wrenching calamities that our ancestors went through in order to create a free Muslim country. Especially when the true reason for creating Pakistan had almost diminished and we are taking every bit of it for granted, this book is a great reminder.
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