It started as a group of young men and women, primarily students, that was concerned with the military oppression of arts and cultural activities in Pakistan.

The group cherished a society that has gender equity and democratic values, respects all humans and offers equal economic opportunities to all.

From staging classical epics to quick response street skits and from working out foreign adaptations to improvising ones with community and from performing at overseas festivals to villages and urban slums, Rahs has touched upon a host of issues.

Rahs’ canvas is very wide and diverse as it has dealt with subjects like child marriage and women's right to marry of their free will and staged plays against the arms race and military dictatorship.

The group aims to marry the tradition with modern techniques and concepts and make it an effective tool in the hands of organizations working for social change.