Abstract
Now-a-days in spite of cyber revolution, television plays a pivotal role in influencing society. Women role has been changed in several fields around world like politics, academics, advertising etc. Women are also distinguishing themselves as professionals in various walks of life, but changing times with new ways of expressing social power is being fashioned which mostly target the weaker component of society which is women. Women have been projected negatively which resulted in framing negative portrayal of women in Pakistani private sectors television dramas. This study is based on mixed method of qualitative and quantitative content analysis of four popular Pakistani private sector television channel dramas. It has been found that women are presented as fashionable way, portrayed stereotypically and never emancipated, intelligent characters.

Hasrat Babul, Dr. Babrak Niaz. (2019) Portrayal of Women in Pakistani Drama, An analysis of selected dramas, Balochistan Review, Volume XL, Issue 1.
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