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Pakistan: Mir Zafar Ali was the first Pakistani to win an Oscar award

Categories: South Asia, Pakistan, Film

Pakistan Blogzine [1] informs that contrary to popular belief Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is not the first Pakistani to win an Oscar. Award winning Pakistani visual effects specialist and artist Mir Zafar Ali was the Technical Director of the team that won the Oscar award for best visual effects in 2007, for the movie The Golden Compass.