What catches your attention in Pak TV show? - Page 2

Originally posted by: The.Lannister

Got the link here from the Maat thread😊

Other than all the points everyone has mentioned above one thing which struck me when i watched my first Pakistani show was that they do not wear burkhas! I think I have seen muslim women in India wear burkhas more often than the Pakistani ladies. And it has nothing to do with the class to which they belong either. They cover up their heads but dont bother with burkhas. That had been a pleasant surprise. And they wear sarees too! Now please dont laugh but I had expected them all to be in salwar suits (or as i said burkhas). My presumptions sound silly even to my own ears now but well...😆

Another wow point is that women work; poor & rich, married & unmarried, old & young. While in almost all our shows we have girls sitting at home at the end of the 7th phera it was refreshing to see women go out & work in zgh, daam, behadd, etc.

Originally posted by: khamosshhh

And speaking of Urdu-English usage, I found a peculiar usage in ZGH, not once but quite a few times and dat is " mujhe excuse karna hai" as in wanting to apologize. Dat's such an unusual usage I hv come across and if it had just been spoken by one person dat I wld hv assumed it to be a way of giving a distinctive characteristic of dat person, but it was used by different ppl at different occasions.

Originally posted by: The.Lannister

Got the link here from the Maat thread

Other than all the points everyone has mentioned above one thing which struck me when i watched my first Pakistani show was that they do not wear burkhas! I think I have seen muslim women in India wear burkhas more often than the Pakistani ladies. And it has nothing to do with the class to which they belong either. They cover up their heads but dont bother with burkhas. That had been a pleasant surprise. And they wear sarees too! Now please dont laugh but I had expected them all to be in salwar suits (or as i said burkhas). My presumptions sound silly even to my own ears now but well...

Maybe one of the reasons you notice the burkhas here more is because that is the only way you can tell identify their community. What about Muslim women who do not wear burkhas here? can you tell that they are Muslims ? I can't.

I guess its also because in the cities, there is such a mix of people, that unless one is wearing a bindi or a burkha or any other religious symbol, like a pendant with a cross or the Zorastrian symbol etc, its not easy to tell.

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Originally posted by: nevah_mind

Further to my response to Ashk in the Khoobsurat thread, I wanted to add that I never knew that there was a caste system that also is followed in Pakistan. I was shocked to see the extent to which they follow it too.

I thought caste system was the evils of Hindu society for which it was legally banned here.

Also the amount of black magic that is believed there, I was stunned. Its there in so many of their stories. For some reason, I thought jaadu tona and all this is prevalent from Hinduism. I'm also told by my Muslim friends that it is forbidden by Islam. So it really shocked me to see it being practiced and believed there so openly.

Originally posted by: khamosshhh

Yes it was shocking for me too. But I think more than caste system it is a class system that dey seem to follow and dat is basically based on how rich a person is and for how long his family has been rich.

No, its caste system. It is clear in the story of Ashk. They were talking of "jaat" and stuff. Pretty much the same as here, like based on occupation of the family.

Also another aspect that I found shocking was the concept of dahez/ dowry seems to be quite prevelant, open and taken for granted thing. I know Muslims in India do hv the dowry system, but I thought it was restricted to dem only, but seems dat's not the case. Again I suppose it's more to do wid the culture than religion.

yes, that was another thing that struck me too. Its almost like status symbol. People brag about what they have given/got and its the done thing.

Well, it happens here too, but totally hush hush. Those who take and those who give in to demands do it hidingly, camouflaging it as "gifts"

Another thing I noticed is dat the married women do not hv any ostensible or otherwise sign/ symbol of being married. I realized dis when Zaroon met Asmara once again after he got married nd I assumed she wasn't married. Only whn it was mentioned dat she too is married dat I came to know her 'relationship status'.😆

Originally posted by: nevah_mind

Originally posted by: nevah_mind

Originally posted by: mishy.ali