The Pakistan String Puppetry festival is Pakistan's biggest city-wide String Puppetry Festival with more than 300 performances for 30,000 viewers held from October to January in Karachi, Pakistan. It is organized by Thespianz Theatre. The festival began in October 2016. The festival endeavors to charm audiences, raise awareness and urges the rejection of extremism and violence.[1][2][3]
^Staff Reporter (October 27, 2016). "String Puppetry Festival Begins". Dawn. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^Mir, Ayesha (October 27, 2016). "Art of Story telling exploring the world of String Puppetry". Express Tribune. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^Mahmood, Javed (December 1, 2016). "Karachi theatre prompts spectators to shun extremism". Pakistan-Asia-News. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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