Why Imran Khan recommended to watch Dirilis Ertugrul click here
What is Dirilis Ertugrul and why does Imran Khan want Pakistanis to watch it?
The Prime minister of Pakistan would like Pakistanis to watch a phenomenally popular Turkish television series called Dirilis Ertugrul.
What is Dirilis Ertugrul and why does Imran Khan want Pakistanis to watch it?
Dirilis Ertugrul
Imran Khan has been seen on tape, not only recommending the popular serial but insisting all five seasons should be dubbed in Urdu so that the general public can watch and understand. This may have come as a shock to the Pakistani drama and filmmakers, who only a few years back had been lobbying to ban or limit Turkish serials like Ask-I Memnu (Ishq-e-Mamnu or 'forbidden love') and Hurrem Sultan because their popularity threatened to destroy a nascent but still fragile Pakistani industry.
So why does a populist leader like Imran Khan, recommend a foreign television show?
The reason may lie in a much publicised, behind the scenes meeting, where Prime minister Khan met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad at UNGA.
The idea of an English language channel to counter the rising problems of Islamophobia and the very serious misconceptions about Islam and Muslims at an international level was floated by the three leaders.
Full Report at Dawn
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