Top 125 Pakistani dramas to watch before you die
Pakistani Dramas are a mixture of soap operas, theater plays, musicals, orchestras, thrillers, fashion parade, and reality shows –all rolled into one. My list will make it easy for you to choose which one to watch.
Housewives absolutely adore Pakistani dramas because their focus is mostly on women.
I have compiled this list of 125 top Pakistani dramas for you to watch based on viewers’ reviews, recommendations by other media researchers, and reruns in other countries.
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1-25 Pakistani Dramas
Pyaray Afzal
A story of the unrequited love of a girl from a higher economic class.
TV network: ARY Digital
Directed by Nadeem Baig
Written By Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar
Starring: Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan
Alif is about the bond of humans with Allah and how a guy and a girl reach God through different channels.
TV Network: (TV Series) Geo Entertainment
Created by Sana Shah Nawaz and Samina Humayun Saeed
Written by Umera Ahmad
Starring: Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sajal Ali, Kubra Khan and Ahsan Khan
Diyar e Dil
Diyar e Dil is a story of a dysfunctional Patriarchal family that eventually gets its act together.
Network: Hum TV
Created by Momina Duraid
Starring: Osman Khalid Butt, Maya Ali, Meekal Zulfiqar, Sanam Saeed, Hareem Farooq
Humsafar is a story of how people from the opposite ends of the economic spectrum cannot mix romantically due to different attitudes.
TV Network: Hum TV
Directed by Sarmad Khoosat
Stars: Fawad Khan, Mahira, Naveen Waqar, Atiqa Odho
Meray Paas Tum Ho 2019
A story of an underdog government worker who was about to be completely defeated by a rich businessman, who nearly stole his wife.
In the end, he gets to slap the businessman.
Directed by Nadeem Baig
Written by Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar
Starring: Humayun Saeed, Ayeza Khan, Adnan Siddiqui
Sang e Mar Mar is a story of revenge, honor, and traditions between a loving couple.
TV Network: Hum TV
Starring: Mikaal Zulfiqar, Kubra Khan, Sania Saeed, Noman Ijaz
Directed by Saife Hassan
Ranjha Ranjah Kardi, Hum TV, 2018
Ranjha Kardi is a story of an idealistic girl who wants to climb out of the grinding poverty she inherited from her parents, the right way.
Written by Faiza Iftikhar
Directed by Kashif Nisar
Starring: Iqra Aziz, Imran Ashraf, Syed Jibran, Asma Abbas, Ammara Butt, Munazzah Arif
Zindagi Gulzar Hai 2012
Story about a loving couple from different economic backgrounds; the lady protagonist has a forceful character and hence its popularity with women.
Network: Hum TV
Directed by Sultana Siddiqui
Produced by Momina Duraid
Inkaar 2019
Inkaar is based on the real-life story of Khadija who was stabbed by her classmate for refusing marriage.
Network: Hum TV
Starring: Yumna Zaidi, Imran Ashraf, and Sami Khan
Suno Chanda 2018
Suno Chanda celebrates Pakistan’s elaborate and rich wedding traditions
Network: Hum TV
Directed by Ahson Talish
Written by Saima Akram Chaudhary
Jackson Heights
Jackson heights is a realistic and entertaining story of Pakistani expatriates surviving in New York, USA.
Directed by Mehreen Jabbar
Written by Vasay Chaudary
Produced: Humayun Saeed
Starring: Marina Khan, Adeel Hussain, Aamina Sheikh, Noman Ejaz, Ali Kazmi
Dastaan
Dastaan is the story of the trials and tribulations of a Muslim family that had to migrate to newly independent Pakistan, with little or no resources.
Network: Hum TV
Based on Bano by Razia butt
Directed by Haissam Hussain
Starring: Fawad Khan, Sanam Baloch, Mehreen Raheel, Saba Qamar, Ahsan Khan
Do Bol 2019
Another entirely different background love story, but it has interesting twists.
Network: ARY Digital
Written by Sarwat Nazir
Produced by Humayun Saeed
Starring: Hira Mani, Affan Waheed.
Dil Mom Ka Diya, 2018
A story of incessant greed, but popular
Network: ARY Digital
Directed by shahid Shafat
Starring: Neelum Muni, Yasir Nawaz, Hira Mani and Imran Ashraf
Dil Lagi, 2016
A love story in rural Sindh
Network ARY Digital
Produced by Humayun Saeed
Directed by Nadeem Baig
Written by Faiza Iftikhar
Starring: Humayun Saeed, Mehwish Hayat
Udaari, 2016
Udaari is a social commentary adapted into a drama set in the marginalized communities of rural Punjab
Network, HUM TV
Written by Farhat Ishtiaq
Directed by Mohammad Ehteshamuddin
Starring: Samiya Mumtaz, Bushra Ansari, Ahsan Khan, Urwa Hocane, Farhan Saeed, Hina Altaf Khan
Ehd e Wafa, 2019
Ehd e Wafa is a story of the life of four friends.
Network: Hum TV
Directed by Momnia Duraid
Stars: Ahad Raza Mir, Alizeh Shah, Osman Khalid butt, Zara Noor Abbas
Khasara, 2018
Khasara is a story of four friends that aspire to join the rich people’s club, but not together.
Network: ARY Digital
Written by Maha Malik
Directed by Shahid Shafaat
Starring: Mikaal Zulfiqar, Sarwat Gilani, Junaid Khan, Sonia Mishal
Bay Dardi, 2018
Network: ARY Digital
Written by shagufta Bhatti
Directed by Ahmad Bhatti
Starring: Affan Waheed, Aiman Khan, Bushra Ansari,
Shehr e Zaat, 2012
Shehr e Zaat is a spiritual journey of a lady from worldly pursuits to purely religiosity.
Network: Hum TV
Director: Sarmad Khoosat
Starring: Mahira Khan, Mohib Mirza
Khamoshi, 2017
It is a story about two sisters having different outlooks toward life, one, naïve and straightforward whereas the other conniving and selfish.
Network: Hum TV
Directed by Ilyas Kashmiri
Starring: Zara Noor Abbas, Affan Waheed, Iqra Aziz, Bilal Khan
Tum se Mil Ke, 2015
Tum Se Milke is a romantic drama series.
Network: ARY Digital
Starring: Rabab Hashmi, Sumbul Iqbal, Affan Waheed, Feroze Khan
Yaqeen ka Safar 2017
Yaqeen ka Safar is a story of a boy and a girl who grew up under abusive and difficult circumstances, in their own homes.
Network: Hum TV
Created by Momina Duraid
Written by Farhat Ishtiaq
Directed by Shahzad Kashmiri
Starring: Ahad Raza Mir, Sajal Ali, Hira Mani, Shaz Khan, Suhaee Abro,
Meri Ladli, 2012
Mere Ladli is about the troubles of love marriage in Pakistan.
Network: ARY Digital
Written By Maha Malik
Directed by Nadeem Siddique
Starring: Sajal Ali, Urwa Hocane, Sami Khan, Ahsan Khan
Bashar Momin, 2014
Bashar Momin is a thriller that dabbles in romance, envy, greed, and love.
TV Network: Geo Entertainment
Written by Zanjabeel Asim
Starring: Faysal Qureshi, Ushna Shah, Sami Khan, Jinaan Hussain, Maheen Rizvi, Nauman Ijaz, and Hina Khawaja Bayat.
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Alif Allah Aur Insaan, 2017
Alif Allah aur Insaan is about Sufi Spiritualism
Network: Hum TV
Directed by Ahson Talish
Starring: Mikaal Zulfiqar, Ushna Shah, Shehzad Sheikh, Kubra Khan, Imran Ashraf
Daam, 2010
Daam is a story of two lady friends from different economic backgrounds, whose friendship is severely tested.
Network, ARY Digital
Directed by Mehreen Jabbar
Starring: Sanam Baloch, Aamina Sheikh, Adeel Hussain, Nimra Baluch, Sanam Saeed, Faisal Shah
Baaghi, Urdu 1
Baghi Drama is based on the controversial and path breaking Social Media sensation of Pakistan, Qandeel Baloch and how she was murdered by her own brother.
Directed by Farooq Rind
Starring: Saba Qamar, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Malik, Ali Kazmi, Sarmad Khoosat, Hareem Farooq, and Irfan Khoosat.
Aisi Hai Tanhai, 2017
Aisi Hai Tanhai is about the negative effects of social media in deeply conservative societies.
Network: ARY Digital
Written by Mohsin Ali
Directed by Badar Mehmood
Starring: Sami Khan, Sonya Hussain
Khaani, 2017
Khaani is based on the real story of the murder of “Shazeb Khan.” Shahzeb was murdered by a boy of an influential family despite misbehaving with Shahzeb’s sister.
Network: Geo Entertainment
Written by Asma Nabeel
Directed by Anjum Shahzad
Starring: Sana Javed, Feroze Khan
Mann Mayal, 2016
Mann Mayal is a story of love across two social classes – a topic that you find appearing quite frequently in Pakistani dramas.
Network: Hum TV
Written by Samira Fazal
Directed by Haseeb Hassan
Starring: Hamza Ali Abbasi, Maya Khan, Gohar Rasheed, Ayesha Khan, Aiman Khan
Cheekh, 2019
Cheekh is a story of Rape in a conservative society and the shame and complications it brings for the abused.
Created by Fahad Mustafa
Written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah
Directed by Badar Mehmood
Starring: Saba Qamar, Emmad Irfani, bilal Abbas, and Azekah Daniel.
Pehli Si Muhabbat, 2021
Pehli Se Muhabbat is a love story –period.
Network: ARY Digital
Starring: Hassan Shehryar Yasin, Sheheyar Munawar, Maya Ali, Saba Hameed, Hina Afridi
Yel Dil Mera, 2019
Yeh Dil Mera is a romantic thriller with twists involving murder, revenge and love.
Network: Hum TV
Written by Farhat Ishtiaq
Directed by Aehsun Talish
Starring: Ahan Raza Mir, Sajal Aly, Adnan Siddiqui, Zarnish Khan, Mira Sethi
Khaas, 2019
Khaas is a story of an ambitious and beautiful girl who wants to pursue her career and is being derailed by a narcissistic former boss.
Network: Hum TV
Written by Danish Nawaz
Starring: Ali Rehman Khan, Sanam Baloch, Hira Tareen, and Haroon Shahid.
Suno Chanda 2, 2019
Suno Chanda 2 is a continuation of Suno Chanda 1, and takes up the story after marriage and the troubles that come afterward.
Network: Hum TV
Written by Saima Akram Chaudhary
Directed by Ahson Talish
Starring: Farhad Saeed, Iqra Aziz, Raza Talish, Sabeena Farooq, Nabeel Zuberi, Ali Safeena, Mashal Khan, Durr e Shewar
Meri Zaat Zarra e Benishan, 2009
Network: Geo TV
Meri Zaat Zarra e Benishan is about faith and fidelity for a woman in an Islamic society.
Written by Umera Ahmad
Directed by Babar Javed
Starring: Samiya Mumtaz, Faysal Qureshi, Adnan Siddiqui, Sarwat Gilani, Imran Abbas Naqvi, Sameena Peerzada, Ismat Zaidi
Aunn Zara 2013 A-Plus entertainment, 2013
Aunn Zara is a family drama about a couple that wants to escape their over involved family and the comedy that comes with it.
A-Plus Entertainment
Written by Faiza Iftekhar
Directed by Haissam Hussain
Starring: Maya Ali, Osman Khalid Butt
Ishq Zahe Naseeb, 2019
Ishq Zahe Naseeb is about the romance of a girl and even has some indications of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Network: Hum TV
Written by Hashim Nadeem
Directed by Farooq Rind
Starring: Zahid Ahmed, Yumna Zaidi, Sami Khan, Sonya Hussain, Zarnish Khan
Yaariyan, 2019
Yaariayan was previously named, apnay se ajnabi. This is a story of the love, marriage and disruptions of two sisters born to a conservative family.
Network: Geo TV
Written by Samina Ijaz
Directed by Syed Wajahat Hussain
Starring: Ayeza Khan, Junaid Khan, Momal Sheikh, Muneed Butt
Kaisa Hai Naseeban 2019
Kaisa hai Naseeban was previously title Mangharat. This is a story about dowry in Pakistan and the abuse that it brings.
Network: ARy Digital
Written by Sameena Aijaz
Directed by Ahmed Bhatti
Starring: Ramsha Khan, Muneeb butt, Uzma Gillani
Hum Aapas Mai 2019
Hum aapas mai is a story of five families living in an apartment complex and trying to be aloof, indifferent toward each other, not realizing their fates are intertwined.
Starring: Afshan, Haider Ali, Maria Baloch
Pyar Ke Sadqay, 2020
Hum TV
Pyar ke Sadqay is about two social misfit people, one a naïve girl and a boy abused by his overcritical father.
Written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah
Directed by Farooq Rind
Starring: Yumna Zaidi, Bilal Abbas,
Ishqiya, 2020
Ishqiya is a story of love and betrayal centered around two sisters.
Network: ARY Digital
Written by Mohsin Ali Shah
Directed by Badar Mehmood
Starring: Feroze Khan, Hania Amir, Ramsha Khan, GOhar Rasheed
Phaans, 2021
Phaans is a story of a sexual assault survivor maid in a rich household
Network: Hum TV
Written by Samina Ijaz
Directed by Syed Ahmed Kamran
Starring: Zara Noor Abbas, Sami Khan, Shehzad Sheikh
Safar Tamam Hua, 2021
Network: hum TV
Written by Rahat Jabeen
Directed by Shahrazad Sheikh
Starring: Madiha Imam, Ali Rehman Khan
Jhooti, 2020
Jhooti is about a lying and deceiving lady who aims for whatever she wants without any scruples or morals.
Network: ARY Digital
Written by Ali Moeen
Directed by Syed Ramish Razvi
Starring: Iqra Aziz, Yasir Hussain
Raqeeb Say Hum TV, 2020
Raqeeb Say is a love story of a woman who escapes her abusive husband and lands with her former lover.
Written by Bee Gul
Directed by Kashif Nisar
Starring: Hadiqa Kiani, Noman Ijaz, Sania Saeed, Iqra Aziz
Dunk Hum TV, 2020 ARY Digital
Dunk “sting” is the story of false sexual harassment case against a professor that destroyed his life; it is based on a real story at Sargodha University.
Written by Mohsin Ali
Directed by Badar Mehmood
Starring: Bilal Abbas Khan, Sana Javed, Yasra Rizvi, Noman Ejaz
Dear Karachi 2020
Dear Karachi is a letter a disappointed inhabitant of his beloved city wrote to the city itself.
Directed by Shehzad Malik
Writer: Shehzad Malik
Star: Shehzad Malik, Sarah Babar
51 -75 Pakistani Dramas
Raqs e Bismil, Hum TV 2020
Raqs e Bismil is a story about the love that no girl could get or the one that got away.
Written by Hashim Nadeem
Directed by Wajahat Rauf
Starring; Imran Ashraf, Sarah Khan
Anaa Hum TV, 2019
A love story of a girl
Written by Samira Fazal
Directed by Shahzad Kashmiri
Starring: Hania Aamir, Shehzad Sheikh, Naimal Khawar, Usman Mukhtar
Mushk, Hum TV 2020
Mushk is a story about a girl from a conservative family who goes abroad for higher education and gets married of her own free will.
Written by Imran Ashraf
Directed by Aeshun Talish
Starring: Imran Ashraf, Momal Sheikh, Urwa Hocane, Osama Tahir
Deewar e Shab, Hum TV 2019
Deewar e Shab is about dancing girls who were once thought to be the epitome of culture and etiquette.
Written by Aliya bukhari
Directed by Iqbal Hussain
Starring: Nausheen Shah, Sarah Khan, Shehzad Sheikh, Zainab Qayyum, Tara Mahmood, Kinza Hashmi
Shahrukh ki Saliyan, Geo Entertainment, 2019
Shahruk ke Saliyan is a romantic drama.
Written by Muhammad Younis Butt
Directed by Mazhar Moin
Starring: Ahsan Khan, Ramsha Khan, Raza Zaidi, Rehan Sheikh
Balaa, ARY Digital, 2018
Balaa is the story of a physically handicapped girl who destroys all her relationships around her due to her insecurity.
Written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah
Directed by Badar Mehmood
Starring: Bilal Abbas Khan, Ushna Shah
Baandi, Hum TV 2018
Baandi is about the sufferings of poor peasants of landlords and the problems their girls go through to escape.
Written by Asma Nabeel
Directed by Ahmad Kamran
Starring: Aiman Khan, Muneeb Butt, Yasir Hussain, Hina Dilpizeer
Khuda Aur Muhabbat, Geo Entertainment 2011
Khuda aur muhabbat is a love story and spiritual journey of a loving couple, the girl a daughter of a lowly imam masjid and the guy from an elite household.
Written by Hashim Nadeem
Directed by Anjum Shahzad, Ali Usama, Syed Wajahat
Starring: Imran Abbas Naqvi, Sadia Khan, Kubra Khan, Feroze Khan, Iqra Aziz, Junaid Khan
Sabaat, Hum TV 2020
Sabaat is a story of a love between two university students who initially had different outlooks on life. It is centered in Rawalpindi ARID agricultural University.
Written by Kashif Anwar
Directed by Shahzad Kashmiri
Starring: Sarah Khan, Ameer Gilani, Mawra Hocane, Usman Mukhtar
Mera Abru, Hum TV, 2019
A middle-class girl who comes across a rich businessman in office.
Written by Farisa Afzal, Wasiq Ali
Directed by Furqan Adam
Starring: Noor Hassan, Sanam Chaudhry, Saad Qureshi, Jia Ali, Mirza Zain Baig
Prem Gali, ARY Digital, 2020
It is a love-at-first-sight story and about obsolete traditions that keep a loving couples apart.
Written by Faiza Iftikhar
Directed by Qasim Ali Mureed
Starring: Farhan Saeed, Sohai Ali Abro
Merh Posh, Geo Entertainment, 2020
Mehr posh is a story of the abuse that women suffer in a regressive society that gives little rights to women; a man can divorce his wife on just a rumor.
Written by Misbah Nausheen
Directed by Mazhar Moin
Starring: Ayeza Khan, Danish Taimur
Mohabbat Tujhe Alvida Hum TV, 2020
Mohabbat Tujhe Alvida is loosely based on the sandhi Folk story of Lila Channisarr, who abandoned her husband and family to find riches and power.
Written by Abdul Khaliq Khan
Starring: Zahid Ahmed, Sonya Hussain, Mansha Pasha
Dil Kya Karay, Geo TV, 2019
Dil kya Karay is a love triangle story.
Written by Asma Nabeel
Directed by Mehreen Jabbar
Starring: Feroze Khan, Yumna Zaidi
Kamzarf, Geo Entertainment, 2019
Kamzarf is a story of an orphan family raised by their eldest sister, who sacrifices her personal life for their pleasures.
Written by Seema Munaf
Directed by Zeeshan Ahmed
Starring: Junaid Khan, Nadia Khan, Rabab Hashim
Bandish, ARY Digital, 2019
Bandish is a supernatural horror drama
Created by Fahad Mustafa
Written by Syed Nabeel, Shahid Nizami,
Directed by Aabis Raza
Aangan 2018 Hum TV
Aangan is set in the 1947 partition and the trials the narrating lady tells us about her family that she had to go through.
Screenplay by Mustafa Afridi
Directed by Muhammad Ehteshamuddin
Starring: Mawra Hocane, Ahad Raza Mir, Sajal Aly, Ahsan Khan, Hira Mani, and Sonya Hussyn.
Mehndi, PTV 2003
Mehndi is a story of four girls from one household and their married lives.
Written by Seema Ghazal
Directed by Muhammad Javed Fazil
Starring: Aamina Haq, Humayun Seed, Ayesha Khan, Amna Hussain, Aijaz Aslam, Abid Ali, Qazi Wajid
Sadqay Tumharay, Hum TV, 2014
Sadqay tumharay is a love story based on the life of the writer Khalil Ur Rehman.
Written by Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar
Directed y: Mohammed Ehteshamuddin
Starring: Mahira Khan, Adana Malik
Khudgarz, 2019, ARY Digital
Khudgarz is a love drama with twists of betrayal.
Starring: Syed Jibran, Sami Khan, Aamina Sheikh
Aakhri Station, ARY Digital, 2018
Aakhri Station is the story of seven people of different backgrounds who meet on a train and discuss taboo topics like women’s rights, drug abuse, HIV, PTSD, acid attacks, forced prostitution, and domestic violence.
Written by Amna Mufti
Directed by Sarmad Khoosat
Starring: Sanam Saeed, Mikaal Zulfiqar, Nimra Bucha, Eman Suleman, Anam Goher, Malika Zafar, Irfan Khoosat.
Visaal, ARY Digital 2018
Visaal is a love story set in the lower-income bracket society.
Written by Hashim Nadeem
Directed by Ali Hassan
Starring: Zahid Ahmed, Hania Amir, Saboor Ali
Belapur ki Dayan, Hum TV, 2018
Belapur ke Dayan is a supernatural horror drama.
Written by Inam Hasan
Directed by Saife Hassan
Starring: Adnan Siddiqui, Sarah Khan, Amar Khan
Nibah, ARY Digital, 2018
Nibah is a drama about a loving family for whom living and enjoying tighter is enough.
Produced by Fahad Mustafa
Starring: Asif Raza Mir, Savera Nadeem, and Aamina Sheik.
Meri Guriya, 2018, ARY Digital
Meri Guriya is a crime drama.
Written by Radain Shah
Directed by Ali Hassan
Starring: Sania Saeed, Sonya Hussain, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Mariyah Khan
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Lashkara, 2018, ARY Digital
Lashkara is a romance drama.
Written by Zafar Mairaj
Directed by Kashif Nisar
Starring: Ushna Shah, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Imran Ashraf
Daasi, Hum TV, 2019
Daasi is also a romantic drama
Written by Misbah Nausheen
Directed by Mohsin Talat
Starring: Mawra Hocane, Adeel Hussain, Faryal Mehmood
Koi Chand Rakh, ARY Digital, 2019
The story is the same clichéd plot of an orphaned girl who grows up in a difficult society, but the drama still has high ratings.
Written by Maha MalBuk
Directed by Siraj ul Haque
Starring: Imran Abbas, Ayeza Khan, Areeba Habib, Muneeb Butt
Kashf, Hum TV, 2020
Kashf is a spiritual drama where the protagonist’s every nightmare turns into reality.
Written by Imran Nazeer
Directed by Danish Nawaz
Starring: Hira Mani, Junaid Khan
Malaal e Yaar, Hum TV, 2019
Malaal e Yaar is about coupled tied together by force because of feudal traditions.
Written by Hina Huma Nafees,
Directed By Asad Jabbal
Starring: Mirza Zain Baig, Azekah Daniel, Jehanzeb Gurchani, Hamza Firdous, and Zainab Shabbir.
Tum Ho Wajah, Hum TV, 2020
A romantic story
Written by Samina Ejaz
Directed by Samia Waseem
Starring: Savera Nadeem, Shahood Alvi, Sumbul Iqbal, Shehzad Sheikh, Saboor Aly
Mera Rab Waris, Geo Entertainment, 2019
A story of two people who get married although widely diverse upbringing.
Written by Jahanzeb Qamar,
Directed By Asad Jabbal
Starring: Danish Taimoor, Madiha Imam
Qaid, Geo Entertainment, 2018
Qaid is a story of a girl and a boy who were class fellows and like each other.
Written by Shagufta Bhatti
Directed by Mohsin Ali
Starring: Zara Noor Abbas, Syed Jibran, Marina Khan
Khudparast, ARy Digital, 2018
Khudparast is a selfish girl who destroys everyone around her because of her self-centeredness.
Written by Radain Shah
Directed by Aabis Raza
Starring: Shahzad Sheikh, Ramsha Khan, Nausheen Shah
Kaha Ho Tum, A-plus TV, 2018
Kaha ho tum is a story of a good girl who wants to do well in life the right way instead of getting sucked into the filth and immoral society of Shahi Mohalla (Dancing girls)
Written by Sabika Zainab
Directed by Zulfiqar Haider
Starring: Sumbul Iqbal, Affan Waheed, Erum Akhtar, Faisal Rehm
Meray Bewafa, A-plus TV, 2015
Meray Bewafa is a story of a wife and the emotional trauma she goes through without the loyalty of her husband.
Written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah
Directed: Sakkina Samo
Starring: Agha Ali, Sarah Khan, Zhalay Sarhadi
Ishq Tamasha, Hum TV, 2018
Ishq Tamasha is a romantic drama that involves intrigue between four ladies.
Written by Misbah Nosheen
Directed y: Danish Nawaz
Starring: Junaid Khan, Aiman Khan, Kinza Hashmi, Faizaan Khawaja
Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta Hai 2018 Geo Entertainment
Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta hai is a story of a lecherous boss who sexually molests and exploits the women that work under him.
Written by Syed Zarra Ahmed
Directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama
Starring: Danish Taimoor, Sanam Chaudhary, and Humayun Ashraf.
Marasim, A-plus TV, 2014
Marasim is a love story between a couple whose parents do not get along.
Written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah
Directed by Owais Khan
Starring: Ahsan Khan, Urwa Hocane, Saba Hameed, and Soniya Hussain.
Ullu Baraya Farokht Nahi, Hum TV, 2013
Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi is about the regressive feudal system where women can be easily exploited and abused.
Written: Amna Mufti
Directed by Kashif Nisar
Starring: Noman Ijaz, Saba Qamar, Noman Masood, Sohail Ahmed, Yumna Zaidi, and Faiza Gillani.
Kahi Unkahi, Hum TV, 2012
Kahi Unkahi is about class divide and relationships across this divide
Written by Nadia Akhtar
Directed by Asim Ali
Starring: Ayeza Khan, Shahryar Munawar, and Urwa Hocane.
Ruswai, 2019, ARY Digital
Ruswai is a crime drama and is centered on rape and intermarriage between pairs of brothers and sisters, called watta satta.
Written by Naila Ansari
Directed by Rubina Ashraf
Starring: Sana Javed, Mikaal Zulfiqar
Naulakha, TV one, 2018
Naulakha is the valuable piece of jewelry that everyone in the family wants to acquire, legally or illegally.
Written by Sana Shabbir Sandhu, Reema Ali Syed
Directed by Scheherazade Sheikh,
Starring: Bushra Ansari, Sarwat Gilani, Kiran Haq
Khafa Zindagi, A-plus TV, 2018
Khafa Zindagi is the story of a family that broke its relationship because the wife wanted more.
Written by Kifayat Rodani
Directed by Asim Ali
Starring: Sumbul Iqbal, Ali Safina.
Aangan 2017 ARY Digital
Aangan is a story of the marriage of the daughter of a middle-class family and the troubles they had to go through.
Starring: Mansha Pasha, Qavi Khan, Samina Ahmad, Irsa Ghazal, Iffat Rahim, Waseem Abbas, and Paras Masroor.
Written y: Faiza Iftikhar
Directed by Qasim Ali Mureed.
Dil e Beraham A-Plus, 2019
A love drama between two people who belong to a different world altogether.
Written by Mansoor Saeed
Directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama
Starring: Amar Khan, Wahaj Ali
Seerat, Geo Entertainment, 2018
Seerat is a story of a mixed religious background couple and the discrimination the Christian wife faced in her new home, despite being close to Islam.
Written by Hina Huma Nafees
Directed by Saleem Ghanchi
Starring: Kinza Hashmi, Hamza Firdous, Ali Ansari, Sukaina Khan, Seemi Pasha
Kahin Deep Jalay, Geo Entertainment, 2019
Kahin Deep Jalay is a story of a girl who was orphaned and started from the bottom of the social ladder.
Written by Qaisra Hayat
Story by Qaisra Hayat
Directed by Saima Waseem
Starring: Neelam Muneer, Imran Ashraf, Saba Faisal, Ali Abbas
Bandhay Ai Dor Say Geo Entertainment, 2020
Bandhay aik dor say is a romantic drama
Written by Faiza Iftikhar
Directed by Ali Faizan
Starring: Ahsan Khan, Ushna Shah, Hina Altaf
Top Honorable mentions Pakistani dramas
Although these Pakistani dramas are favorites of many, still they could not make it in my top 100 list.
- Ramz e Ishq, Mujhe Beta Chahye,
- Kun Faya kun
- Malal e Yaar
- Saraab
- Bharosa Pyar Tera
- Surkh Chandni
- Muqaddar
- Hania
PTV Dramas list worth Watching again
These Pakistan Television Dramas must be watched again for the trail-blazing subjects.
- Laag, PTV
- Alpha, Bravo, Charlie (1998, PTV)
- Waris 1979 PTV
- Aangan Tera 1980 PTV
- Ainak wala Jin 1993 PTV
- Alif Noon 1980 PTV
- Angar Wadi 1994 PTV
- Ankahi 1982 PTV
- Anokha Ladla 2011 PTV
- Tanhaiyaan 1985 PTV
- Dhuwan PTV 1994
- Dhoop Kinaray, PTV
- Sunehray Din 1991
Questions about Pakistani Dramas
Best Pakistani dramas of all time
Humsafar, Diyar e Di, Shehr e Zaat, Meri Zaat Zarra e Benishan, Gul e Rana, Ranjha Ranja Kardi, Alif, Yaqeen ka safar.
Best dramas of 2018
Khaani, Noor Ul Ain, baydardi, Baaghi, Alif Alllah aur Insaan.
Best Pakistani Dramas of 2019
Ehd e Wafa, Alif, Ranjha Ranjah Kardi, Cheekh, Khaas, Ishq Zeha Naseeb, Khud Parast, Yeh Dil Mera
Best Pakistani Dramas of 2020
Mere Pass tum Ho, Munafiq, Kahin Deep Jaley, Deewangi, Dar Khuda Say, Mera Dil Mera Dushman, Ramz e Ishq, Raaz e Ulfat.
Top latest Pakistani dramas of 2021
Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3, Raqs e Bismil, Phaans, Raqeeb se, Pheli Se Muhabbat.
Conclusion
Pakistani Dramas are extremely popular around the world; major issues that Pakistani society and Muslim society face – of exploitation at the hands of despotic rulers and clerics, have not yet been adequately covered – for the fear of a backlash from this powerful lobby.