Dramas

Dadi Ki Shadi: A Dash of Humor, A Deficit of Heart

Dadi Ki Shadi presents a lonely grandmother who pretends to be mysteriously unwell to pull her scattered family back into...

Men Age Into Legends. Women Age Into Punchlines

Ageism and misogyny do not announce themselves as villains. They arrive smiling, joking, framed as banter. This week, we...

Imtiaz has a TV show. Is It Good?

Green TV is airing a local version of Superstore sponsored by Imtiaz – is it any good? “Fasaana Mart Ka”...

Bad Breath and Bigger Anxieties: A Short Film on Conformity

Elaichi, Loung aur Saunf is a short film on Meem Kahani about bad breath, conformity and the marriage market. Nuzhat (Sana...

Dr Bahu: A Perfect Life of Polite Patriarchy

I expected Mehreen Jabbar’s Dr Bahu to examine the marriage market demand for a daughter-in-law who is a medical doctor, but I had no idea the drama would also become an inside look at the insidious way coercive control operates within seemingly “modern” households. Through Dr Sania’s eyes, we see

Opinions

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...

Hum TV

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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Rasm-e-Wafa: Who’s Who and What Just Happened

If you sat through the first five episodes of Rasm-e-Wafa wondering when the breezy romance we were promised in the promos would actually start, you’re not alone. It’s been a rough few episodes full of drawing room drama, moan sessions, and slow-burn resentment but the stage is finally set for...

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Was Sabeen Hijacked by Hate Again?

The moral outrage over Parwarish began the way most internet scandals do: with one screenshot. One frame, shared a thousand times over. A blink-and-you-miss-it second in ARY’s hit family drama Parwarish The scene that became the centre of controversy was one where the protagonist Wali records a song...

Hum TV

Ek Jhooti Kahani Debuts With Slapstick Chaos

From acclaimed writer Amna Mufti (Dil Na Umeed To Nahi) comes Ek Jhooti Kahani, a madcap comedy about family, farce, and the fine line between performance and deception. At the center is Irfan (Mohib Mirza), the only brother of five wildly over-the-top sisters. Each one is more dramatic and demanding...

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The Visual Poetry of 'Main Manto Nahi Hoon'

Two episodes in, Main Manto Nahi Hoon has pulled us into a moody world of a mafia family at war with itself. The plot remains unclear, but the visual language is flawless. Director Nadeem Baig uses arches, stairwells, and courtyards framing scenes with the detail of a master. At this point I will watch...

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