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Bas Tera Saath Ho Reinvents Desi Cinderfella

ARY’s new drama serial Bas Tera Saath Ho turns the damsel-in-distress trope on its head. Farhan Saeed plays Anas, an oppressed orphan who dutifully obeys his wealthy uncle and aunt, with only his ailing grandfather seemingly offering any real sympathy. In true Cinderfella fashion, Anas has been reduced to a

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The Lost Legacy of Pas-e-Aaina's Empowered Female Lead
When Pas-e-Aaina first aired in 1993, it disrupted the landscape of Pakistani television. Running for a decade, spanning more than 100 episodes, and broadcast across three channels. DSP Shahla solved cases embodying a form of authority rarely given to women on Pakistani television. Three decades later,...
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Express Delivers a Rare Treat With Mohalla
Let’s admit it, we don’t tune in to Express for dramas very often. But Mohalla is a chaotic caper that stands out. A neighborhood is full of well-meaning characters eager to gossip about everything from upcoming marriages to sudden scandals. Their chatter is never mean-spirited, and the humor...
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Pakistan's AI Reporters Aren't What Journalism Needs
The launch of Pakistan Today English News, billed as the world’s first fully AI-powered English-language channel, has ignited debate in Pakistan’s already embattled media industry. Is this a bold step toward efficiency and global reach or a shortcut that sidelines human journalists in favour of avatars...
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Green TV’s Main Zameen Tu Aasmaan Glosses Over Land Grabbing
Pakistan’s land mafias fuel displacement and violence. The drama makes it look easy to fight back. The story begins with Shahabuddin refusing to sell his hotel to a powerful family, leading to his arrest. His daughter Hooram (Hiba Bukhari) storms into a police station, delivers a lecture on constitutional...
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Blender: The Smartest Show on TV?
Is this the smartest show on TV?  Blender. Hosted by Fahad Bombaywala, Executive Director at 365 and alum of M&C Saatchi and Ogilvy, Blender looks nothing like mainstream Pakistani TV. It sounds smart, feels sharp and refuses to play dumb. It treats the audience as if they’re already insiders. At...
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Confessions of a Chronically Online Pakistani Woman
I live on the internet. Not just on it, but in it, like a fish in plastic-choked water, inhaling memes instead of air. It wasn’t always this bleak. The internet once felt like refuge, a parallel world that softened the suffocation of the offline one. Sharing silly memes was rebellion in miniature, an...
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Between Dramas and Discos: Pakistan Holds Many Worlds
For those who view Pakistan through a narrow lens, the country is imagined as a stage for endless morality plays. In mainstream dramas like Humsafar or Khiṭāb, morality is pitted against desire, female agency is checked at every turn, and middle-class values dominate the script. It’s a lens that freezes...
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Queer Visibility as Defiance: The Stakes of Pakistan’s Culture Wars
For centuries colonial and nationalist projects have painted Muslims as either hyper-conservative or exotically oppressed. Queer Muslims disrupt both of these images. Their stories are ones where faith, identity, and desire collide in ways that colonial histories, patriarchal traditions, and global pop...
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Main Manto Nahi Hoon Drowns in Self-Indulgent Melodrama
‘Main Manto Nahi Hoon’, produced by Six Sigma Plus and helmed by director Nadeem Baig, is a bold experiment in storytelling, courtesy of writer Khalil-ur-Rahman’s unapologetic pen. Known for sparking controversy, Khalil-ur-Rahman delivers once again (although I’m not sure that’s a compliment). While...
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Goonj Gets Workplace Harassment Right
Three episodes in, Hum TV’s workplace drama Goonj has us hooked with its powerful story about gender politics and harassment. The realistic serial is sure to strike a chord with working women as it echoes what many of us have lived through, capturing challenges that are deeply personal for many...
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