Naumaan Ijaz recently used choice words to describe the state of Pakistani television during his appearance on Meer Means Business.
The actor believes that "relationships are being disgraced" through the constant negative portrayal in local media.
"You show a mother, sister, and mother-in-law as witches, and you show a father and brother as villains," complained the actor, highlighting how almost all relationships are shown as evil or negative. Naumaan went on to highlight the impact this has had on society, shedding light on the urgent need for change.
"That automatically gets transferred to our society," said Naumaan. "When you watch something, you are impacted by it, whether or not you want to be. It gets embedded in your consciousness. This is something that needs to be understood, but people are not understanding it. Whatever is the most negative, people make that a super hit. There was a serial where the relationship of a nand was highlighted. People skyrocketed the ratings, I was shocked. I laughed and said that negativity prevails in our society. Society has become negative. It needs to be changed."
Using his own example, Naumaan shared, "My drama, or the drama I am a part of, I try that it has a lesson or something positive. If I don't see that, I won't do the project. I don't say unnecessary dialogues. I have a self-censor. A lot of writers write things that seem unsound, which makes the viewing experience with your family slightly uncomfortable."
Perplexed and infuriated, Naumaan furthered, "Forgive me, but we have yet to understand what national television is. It comes with boundaries of respect. Our whole system is corrupt...To fix it, how many generations will be wasted?" The star also added that "Pakistan has no culture." He illustrated, "People are seeing so much negativity around them, that they say that if all is negative, then be negative."
As a final plea, the star claimed that he only voiced his concerns and showcased his sorrow out of love. "Our people need to understand, our youth needs to understand. Let the elders be, they are useless...They have ruined the social fibre," he asserted.
