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2 months ago | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider |Rafia Zakaria

THE WEEK THAT WASMeri Tanhai | Hum TV, Mondays 8.00pm Khizer (Azaan Sami Khan) wants to study in London, but his family already has a trauma-filled history with his uncle, Ali (Syed Jibran), whose study time abroad led to a secret marriage and heartbreak. The family blackmails him into an engagement to his young cousin Maliha (Ameema Saleem) and ambivalent Khizer agrees.
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2 months ago | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASAe Ishq-i-Junoon | ARY, Mon-Tues 8.00pm What had been a roller-coaster ride of thrills and suspense takes a disappointing turn into the lazy cliches of a “forced marriage” plot point. Aiman’s (Ushna Shah) ex-fiancé Jamal (Furqan Qureshi) confesses to concocting a “plot” against Rahim (Shehryar Munawar).
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Jan 11, 2025 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider |Shahid Mehmood

THE WEEK THAT WASGhair | ARY, Fri-Sat 8.00pm With all the family secrets revealed, this story should be winding up but, as with any successful serial, the temptation to stretch it out for more episodes and ratings is just too great. Director Yasir Nawaz has padded out the last few episodes with flashbacks and an empty revenge track from the now-jilted Shiffa (Yashmira Jan).
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Dec 7, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASBharam | ARY, Wednesdays 9.00pm Sajal (Hina Tariq) is the good girl, spiritual, focused on her studies and caring. The bad girl is her sister/cousin Ramsha (Rabia Kulsoom) who, when she isn’t watching reels on her phone, is stealing her best friend’s fiancé, or blocking a rishta from reaching Sajal. Ramsha is a jealous type, no matter what she has, she is always looking over someone else’s shoulder for something new.
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Nov 30, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASJafaa | Hum TV, Fridays 8.00pm Dr Zara (Mawra Hocane) escapes her abusive marriage, divorcing her damaged, unstable husband Hasan (Mohib Mirza), despite societal pressure to stick by him. Putting aside the pain and humiliations she suffered, Zara still finds compassion for Hasan, withdrawing her case on the condition he seeks his own healing.
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Nov 24, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider |Abbas Nasir

THE WEEK THAT WASIqtidar | Green Entertainment, Thurs-Fri 8.00pm Sanam Shah (Rubina Ashraf) is a powerful feudal and politician whose spoiled good-for-nothing son Zain Shah kills a poor widow’s son. Sanam and her elder son, Shahnawaz Shah (Ali Raza), try to intimidate the victim’s family but the eldest sister, Mehrunissa (Anmol Baloch), refuses to yield.
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Nov 16, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASGhair | ARY, Fri-Sat 8.00pm Instead of parsing out the emotional arcs of the characters as the script required, Director Yasir Nawaz shifts the emphasis to suspense. Saalis (Usama Khan) married Wafa (Ushna Shah) on impulse, to save his love, Shiffa (Yashmeera Jan). Now, Saalis and Shiffa are in a predicament: how can Saalis divorce Wafa without tearing down the web of deceit and secrets that binds so many relationships in their family?
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Nov 9, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASAafat | Geo TV, Daily 7.00pm A child of divorce, Warisha (Laiba Khan) is trained by her self-centred mother and stepfather to hate her late father’s family, and sets out to take the inheritance she feels she is owed. Her first step is gaining her grandmother’s trust; the second, to quietly sow discord and division in the family. Her main target is her cousin Wahaj (Ali Abbas) who has always seen through her and guesses her agenda.
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Nov 2, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider |Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

THE WEEK THAT WASKabhi Main Kabhi Tum | ARY, Mon-Tues 8.00pm Dominating the ratings charts and the social media conversation, Farhat Ishtiaq’s magnum opus is winning hearts everywhere. Mustafa (Fahad Mustafa) took being treated as second best with a smile because he was not an academic achiever and always loved his family. When that same family believes he could be a thief, his self-belief is shaken and he becomes obsessed with money and “success”.
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Oct 26, 2024 | dawn.com | Sadaf Haider

THE WEEK THAT WASJafaa | Hum TV, Fridays 8.00pm The story takes an inevitable but shocking turn as Hassan (Mohib Mirza) gives Dr Zara (Mawra Hocane) a horrific beating when she confronts him over his lies.