Mujhay Jeenay Do

Mujhay Jeenay Do (transl. Let Me Live) is a 2017 Pakistani television series that aired on Urdu 1. Written by Shahid Nizami, the series has an ensemble cast including Hania Aamir, Gohar Rasheed, Mehreen Raheel, Nadia Jamil, Salman Shahid and Iffat Rahim.

The show revolves around considerable social and economic issues, highlighting deep-rooted problems in the villages of the less developed countries like Pakistan. The drama touches upon sensitive topics like:

• Child marriages, its consequences and how women are generally treated in the villages where people are less educated and follow their beliefs/traditions sidelining the dreams and ambitions of women
  
• Maternal mortality because of orthodox practices where people don't seek medical help/facilities during child birth
  
• Lack of family planning
  
• Domestic violence
  
• Marital rape and other family pressures
  
• Polygyny - men having more than one wife simultaneously
  
• The patriarchy/ misogyny existing in the society/villages of less developed countries.
  
• Lack of education linked to close mindedness of the people
  
• Resistance to change leading to the decisions like honour killing
  
• Divorce or 'Khula' is still considered a taboo and hence women have to bear the consequences, especially where their families and partners dominate
  
• Child labour
  
  

The drama highlights the importance of education for everyone to improve the society and empowering women to break the existing social taboos and live their lives freely.