Sarmad Sehbai is a poet, playwright, novelist, and director. He has published two collections of plays and four collections of poetry in Urdu. His tele-film Fankar Gali (Standby Street, 1991) and documentary Moghuls of the Road (1999) have been variously screened in London, Moscow, and Oslo. Bachon Ka Park (Children’s Park, 1989), his play on political prisoners, won the Pakistan Television Best Play Award. His dramatic adaptations of Saadat Hassan Manto have been televised on Pakistan Television and GEO TV. Three of his drama serials have been aired by leading channels of Pakistan (GEO TV 2007 and 2016) and Hum TV (2008). He lives in Connecticut.