Fishaar

*Fishaar*
Fishaar
	فشار
Genre	Drama
Written by	Amjad Islam Amjad
Directed by	Ayub Khawar
Starring	Qavi Khan; Samina Peerzada; Sohail Ahmed; Waseem Abbas; Tauqeer Nasir; Nauman Ijaz;
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	24
Original release
Network	PTV
Release	1990 –; 1990

Fishaar (Urdu: فشار; transl. Pressure) is a Pakistani Urdu-language television drama serial written by Amjad Islam Amjad and directed by Ayub Khawar. The 24-episode serial was produced at the Lahore Centre of Pakistan Television Corporation and first broadcast in 1990.

The serial dealt with social pressures faced by young people in urban Pakistan, including unemployment and limited educational opportunities.^{[citation needed]} It is among the early-career roles of Nauman Ijaz, whose first significant role came with Fishaar after a brief debut appearance in the 1989 PTV play Aik Din,^{[citation needed]} as well as of Sohail Ahmed, Natasha Hussain and Tauqeer Nasir.

Plot

The serial follows a group of young people navigating financial hardship, joblessness and the pressures of family expectation in a Pakistani urban setting, with several storylines exploring the temptations and difficulties of choosing legitimate paths to advancement.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Qavi Khan as Seth Razzaq
Samina Peerzada as Razia
Sohail Ahmed as Malik
Waseem Abbas as Fareed
Mehboob Alam as Toheed
Tahira Wasti as Bilqees Anees
Tauqeer Nasir as Waleed
Abid Kashmiri as Nawaz Din Chaudhary
Nauman Ijaz as Ahmad Jamal Khan
Mehmood Aslam as Ashfaq
Aurangzeb Leghari as Murtaza Khan
Khursheed Shahid as Shamsa
Arifa Siddiqui as Rabab
Naima Khan as Lalarukh
Khalid Butt as Zaid
Natasha Hussain as Natasha

References

↑ "پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے". Dawn News (in Urdu). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
↑ "میرا پہلا ٹی وی ڈرامہ "فشار" تھا جس سے مجھے اور نعمان اعجاز کو شہرت ملی: نتاشا حسین". Urdu Point (in Urdu). 24 August 2016.
↑ Paracha, Nadeem F. (19 February 2023). "In memoriam: The drama in the poet". Dawn. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
↑ "Renowned TV actress Tahira Wasti dies at age 68". Dawn. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2026.

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[1] "پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے". Dawn News (in Urdu). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[2] "میرا پہلا ٹی وی ڈرامہ "فشار" تھا جس سے مجھے اور نعمان اعجاز کو شہرت ملی: نتاشا حسین". Urdu Point (in Urdu). 24 August 2016.

[3] Paracha, Nadeem F. (19 February 2023). "In memoriam: The drama in the poet". Dawn. Retrieved 24 April 2026.

[4] "Renowned TV actress Tahira Wasti dies at age 68". Dawn. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2026.