Re: Fifty glorious years for P.T.V
Come on TS (and Microbian). I look up to you guys for information about Pakistani dramas. Now who will i ask 
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You could try the other encyclopedia @muqawwee123, even though he knows more about the older ones. :)
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I don’t watch soap serials. 
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This thread is for Fifty glorious years for P.T.V 
pocho kia pochna hy 
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I should start with old classics and move up. I have watched Tanhayein but many more to watch. I will ask Muqa bhai uff Encyclopedia bhai his opinions on which serials to watch
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Mujhe Hum tv pe thread chaiye..on the 20-30 glorious years of hum tv pakistani dramas.
Re: Fifty glorious years for P.T.V
You could try the other encyclopedia @muqawwee123, even though he knows more about the older ones. :)
aap ne shanakht to dekhi hogi. Just started but my parents have been watching since august. It's a great drama.
What does shanakht mean? Thanks in advance for answer.
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ok but can I ask meaning of any mushkil Urdu laavz that I don’t know?
Aap bataye what are the top non soap/serials on ptv? Is there a show like jaago Pakistan jaago on ptv? Mujhe woh show bhi pasand hai. Advance mein shukriya.
If u are interested in recent soap serials I would recommend shanakht. My papa also likes it but then again its hard not to like any Pakistani drama.
Re: Fifty glorious years for P.T.V
ok but can I ask meaning of any mushkil Urdu laavz that I don't know? Aap bataye what are the top non soap/serials on ptv? Is there a show like jaago Pakistan jaago on ptv? Mujhe woh show bhi pasand hai. Advance mein shukriya.
If u are interested in recent soap serials I would recommend shanakht. My papa also likes it but then again its hard not to like any Pakistani drama.
Are you not following Zee zindagi dictionary?
Nobody watches PTV anymore , it has nothing to offer.
Btw shanakht is not a soap.
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Speak for yourself.
PTV par ab bhi bohut kuch achcha hota hai jo doosray channels par nahi hota.
Like old classic serials on repeat. 
But they also show travel shows.
Morning with Juggun is better than other morning shows.
Who is doing Jago Pak Jago these days after Fahad Mustafa ?
Let us know what difficult words you want to know about, SS.
Re: Fifty glorious years for P.T.V
Are you not following Zee zindagi dictionary? Nobody watches PTV anymore , it has nothing to offer. Btw shanakht is not a soap.
There is a Zee dictionary? i had no idea.
Lily watches PTV. I haven't watched PTV but my favourite channel is hum tv. It has the best dramas and telefilms. Behadd was awesome.
What would you call Shanakht? Jo bhi hai lajawaab hai. I want to recommend it to non-Pakistani/non-Indian people as well but humtv doesn't do subtitles :( Qurat-ul-Ain is a great role model for girls who wear/don't wear hijab.
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PTV bhi acha hai if you say so. Hum tv bhi bahot acha hai.
Hum tv serials to lajawaab hain from humsafar to zindagi gulzar hai to dastaan to shanakht. I think all Zee Zindagi shows are hum tv..aur aise hi hona chaiye.
Hum jaisa koi nahi . Also their title songs are awesome. When hum tv have their 50 yr anniversary i will make a thread.
Shanakht is superb show. You should watch it. Aap ko Qurat-ul-Ain bahot pasand aayengi. All parents tell their daughters to be like Qurat-ul-Ain. She can even change a bad situation to a favourable one just with her character and personality. My dad wanted to recommend shanakht to a middle eastern colleague who wears hijab but i said “Papa unko urdu nahi aati woh kaise samjhenge.” So Hum tv should do subtitles. My papa said not everyone is as blessed as us that we can speak the language and are able to watch and understand Pakistani dramas. Minus the difficult words but i am learning. 
I should know meaning of title of the drama i am watching. What does Shanakht mean?i have googled it but want to know real meaning.
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I think Aiza Khan and Danish Taimoor are doing jago Pakistan jago.
TS, have you seen digest writer? Is it an adaptation of a PTV show like behadd was. Behadd was great and so was song nindiya re.
I think Pakistani dramas could be marketed better. We have similar language so they can easily have big impact in India. But they should also be seen more in middle eastern countries and places like Turkey. Even in West. Shanakht is a great drama and it shows religious Muslims are no different to anyone else. If humtv did subtitles they could show Shanakht in more countries.
All the theme songs are superb and could easily be made into a CD of top 10-20 Pakistani theme songs.
It is very realistic and breaks so many stereotypes especially for people who have never met a Pakistani or have a Pakistani friend living in Pakistan online.
P.T.V’s Golden Jubilee
Taken from Dawn.
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A rare sight these days, there was a time when PTV Lahore centre used to air dance performances quite regularly. A young Naheed Siddiqui is seen here in Payal / Photos courtesy: PTV archive
Pakistan entered the age of television broadcasting after establishing a small pilot TV station in Lahore on November 26, 1964, with technical and training assistance from Japan’s NEC Company. The primary transmission was in black-and-white which converted to colour transmission on December 25, 1976.
The first Holy Quran recitation was by Qari Ghulam Rasool and the first announcement was made by Tariq Aziz and Kanwal Naseer. In 1967 two more PTV centres, in Karachi and Islamabad, were inaugurated.
In the early days people would remain glued to their TV sets to watch any on-air programming. With the passage of time, drama production heightened and its popularity spread to other centres as well. PTV had begun to telecast quality programmes that left an everlasting impression on its viewers.
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto at the inauguration of PTV Lahore centre’s then new building in 1972. The image also bears Benazir Bhutto’s signature at the bottom
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Ahmed Rushdi as seen in Sangeet Bahar
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Celebrated singer Irene Parveen in a music show dating back to PTV’s black & white era
There was an air of healthy competition among all five major centres, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta. If Lahore had Andhera Ujala (1985), Karachi had Unkahi (1982) and Quetta was on the forefront telecasting Dhuaan (1995). Islamabad centre also did not lag behind with productions such as Guest House (1990s) and Rauf Khalid’s popular series Laag and Angaar Vadi.
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Subhani Bayounus in PTV Karachi centre’s Mirza Ghalib Bunder Road Per
Winning half the battle
A few years ago, while travelling from Delhi to Bangalore by train, I met a Sardarji from Chandigarh. To my utter surprise, Sardarji started praising PTV dramas. He said that when Waaris, Andhera Ujala, Dhoop Kinaray and other popular series were on air from PTV, he along with his friends would travel to Amritsar from Chandigarh (almost a four-hour journey) to watch them. “You can’t imagine,” he said with his eyes flashing, “even the advertisements on PTV fascinated us.” I felt a surge of pride.
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The legendary Roshan Ara Begum
During my stay in Kuwait where I worked as a salesman at a video shop, I used to urge Indian customers to watch Pakistani films such as Aaina, Dillagi, Dosti etc. Instead they asked for recordings of PTV’s drama series, especially those featuring Irfan Khoosat!
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Zafar Masud as Nosha with a co-star in Karachi centre’s Khuda Ki Basti (1960s)
Reflections of the past
The digital photo archive is well-preserved and maintained at PTV Lahore centre besides being well-displayed along the corridor walls. However, the recording/shooting studios are mostly seen empty.
“Almost 90 per cent drama production has now shifted to Karachi with only 10 per cent taking place at the Lahore centre which was once the hub and leading centre for all such activities,” said Mohsin Jaffar, an art and culture producer.
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A still from an interview recording of PTV with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1982
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Noor Jehan in PTV Lahore centre’s first episode of her famous music programme Tarannum
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Musarrat Nazir of Laung Gawacha fame in the show that made her famous for her wedding songs
With PTV celebrating its Golden Jubilee last year, some well-known TV personalities have this to say about the institution:
Tariq Aziz (compere)
“Ah! Aap ne kya zamana yaad karwa diya (oh, what have you reminded me of!). I was working at Radio Pakistan as an announcer/drama artist when PTV authorities singled me out from several other hopefuls. That was truly a golden era, like stepping foot on the moon, to make the first announcement from PTV. I was even asked to train others as well. I worked almost in 40 to 50 dramas which are now lost forever as there was no recording system in place at the time.”
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PTV’s special transmission during the 1993 elections
Tariq credits PTV for his celebrity status along with a number of other artists. “I probably hold the world record for the most number of appearances on television.”
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The first studio building of PTV’s Lahore centre dating back to 1954
Firdous Jamal (actor)
“PTV started on a marvelous note and it soon captured a handsome audience. I think before the advent of private channels it produced quality work in all departments. We had prominent writers like Haseena Moin, Fatima Surraiya Bajiya, Ashfaq Ahmed, Munno Bhai, Amjad Islam Amjad, Rauf Khalid etc and outstanding producers such as Nisar Hussain, Yawar Hayat and actors like Abid Ali, Uzma Gilani, Marina Khan, Rahat Kazmi, Irfan Khoosat, Mohammed Qavi Khan and many more at all our stations.
“Frankly speaking, we were the guardians entrusted with safeguarding the ideology of Pakistan, e.g. its culture, music and customs. We not only entertained our audiences but educated them as well. We didn’t care about food or drink but only work since our mission then wasn’t to earn money but make a name for Pakistan in television production.
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Faiz being interviewed for Yadish Bakhair
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Tariq Aziz in the very first Neelam Ghar
“Things started to derail with substandard work produced by non-professional producers. Consequently people switched to Indian and other channels. In the end I would say that PTV is public property and does not belong to any one particular class.”
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Abid Ali and Humaira Chaudhry in in PTV’s Jhok Sial (1974)directed by Yawar Hayat
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Rafi Khawar aka Nannah and Kamal Ahmed Rizvi in the sitcom Alif Noon
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Firdous Jamal, Mehboob Alam and Aurangzeb Laghari in PTV Lahore centre’s super-hit serial Waaris
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Mansoor Soomro with Shehnaz Soomro in Karachi centre’s mid-80s serial Deewarain
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Jameel Bismil and Jameel Fakhri in PTV Lahore centre’s Andhera Ujala
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, January 11th, 2015