

Imran Khan, who captained the Pakistani team and was among top cricket all-rounders of his time, now gets significant airtime through short, medium, long and frequent TV documentaries, popping up on screen. With the new government in place, PTV Sports’ management has apparently found this way to feed new content and fill airtime and simultaneously please the Prime Minister.Īlso read: Imran Khan can sell buffaloes and choppers, but Pakistan’s economy is still crashing The channel is criticised for poor programme scheduling and uses a good part of transmission to just air the dam song. Composed in a ridiculously galling tune with silly poetry, the song urged the people of Pakistan to donate money in Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Justice Saqib Nisar’s common fund for the construction of the Diamer Bhasha dam.Īnother channel that airs the dam song so frequently is the country’s only state-run sports channel, PTV Sports. The aggrieved cleaner wiped tears, thanked God and prayed for the long life of the ‘one’ who built this lifesaving hospital.Īlso read: In Pakistan, you can risk being charged with treason if you criticise a damĪ short break followed a few minutes later with a public service message conveyed in a song: “ Hum Yeh Dam Banain Ge (We will make this Dam)”.

Her mother quickly added that this hospital is the best in the country and was built by a famous cricketer (Imran Khan).

The daughter spoke ardently about “a big cancer hospital in Lahore that treats cancer patients, and, that too, without asking for money”. The boss lady and her daughter calmly told the cleaner not to worry. She replied that her boy has cancer and that the family has lost all hope. An old mother with her daughter appeared on the screen, and they asked their cleaning lady about her ailing kid. I recently turned on Pakistan’s Hum TV one evening with a cup of tea to watch drama serials. But the unbelievable level of mass gushing is staggering. That Imran Khan is a popular Prime Minister in Pakistan is well known. Imran Khan is the latest product placement trend in Pakistan.
