Old But Hard to Forget.Pakistan Television Drama

Pakistan Television Drama Classics Gardish

 Zafar Masud as Nosha with a co-star in Khuda Ki Basti —Photo courtesy PTV Archives

 The old PTV news team

 Yawar Hayat with actors Bindiya and Mustansar Hussain Tarar, the cast of Hayat’s play, Murat.

 Yawar Hayat

 Rafi Khawar aka Nannah and Kamal Ahmed Rizvi in the sitcom Alif Noon —Photo courtesy  PTV Archives

 Shehnaz Shaikh as Zara in Tanhaiyan

 Fifty Fifty

 Fifty Fifty (Urdu script: ففٹی ففٹی) is a popular Pakistan Television Corporation comedy series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on the American comedy show Saturday Night Live

 A scene from 'Tanhaiyyan' on Pakistan Television

A scene from drama  Uncle  Urfi

Pakistan Television Drama Classics Eik Mohabbat Sau Afsaney

 Captain (retd) Abdullah Mehmood who plays Captain Kashif Kirmani (L) is seen along with Shahnaz(R), the leading female role, in Alpha Bravo Charile series —

 First Announcer - Kanwal Naseer

 Humera Chaudhry and Abid Ali [parents of today top model and actress Eman Ali, in drama Jhok Sayyal of PTV Lahore center in 1974]

 Fifty Fifty (Urdu script: ففٹی ففٹی) is a popular Pakistan Television Corporation comedy series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on the American comedy show Saturday Night Live

Karawaan:

Written by Abdul Qadir Junejo, directed by Iqbal Ansari with probably all the renowned stars of  that times including Huma Akbar, Rahat Kazmi, Talat Hussain ,Yaqoob Zakaria, Mushtaq Jiskani, Mehmood Siddiqui, Bushra Ansari, Mazhar Ali, Talat Iqbal,Nisar Qadri, Malik Anokha, Yaar Mohammad Shah and Latif Kapadia, this  PTV Classic Drama Serial was aired in 1986-87.

The story comprises of many sub-plots but the core story deals with the mindsets of rural and urban elites and touched upon the issues related to quite obvious rural and urban divide in Sindh with the tale of a Thari girl who is a born singer.

Khuda Ki Basti

Produced by Pakistan Television in 1969 based on Urdu Novel Khuda ki Basti by Shaukat Siddiqui, an eminent Urdu novelist and fiction writer of Pakistan.

This Drama Serial was quite successful and repeated many times on PTV at various occasions. In 1969, permanent recording facility was not available on television so in 1974 in Z.A.

 Pakistan Television Drama Classics Eik Mohabbat Sau Afsaney

 Pakistan Television Drama Classics Fehmida ki Kahani - Vulgar display of wealth

 Pakistan Theatre Classics Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Per

Waris

Written by Amjad Islam Amjad, directed by Ghazanfer Ali and Nusrat Thakur. PTV drama serial Waris was originally telecast in 1979 during General Zia martial law and was again telecast in the early 1990s and many more times.

Considered one of the most realistic depictions of Pakistan, Waris is a story of a feudal family, their struggles to maintain their land and wealth, and the inter-family differences and tussles that lead to their downfall.

Although it had only 13 episodes, drama-watchers remember the streets being deserted at the time it would air.