Jama Taqseem is a drama that is gaining attention every week. We have seen many important topics being raised in the show and now they are shedding light on normalizing harassment behaviours within families and forced cousin marriages. Pakistan is the country with most cousin marriages in the world already and now we are seeing the same scenario being shown through Zeeshan, Sidra, Shafaq and Faisal.
Nudrat in Jama Taqseem is a character of a typical woman of our society who never sees the bigger picture. She only tries to push others to fulfil her designs. She alongside Qais’s sister is trying to marry her own daughter to Faisal while she wants to absolve her son by marrying him to Sidra. Faisal is extremely intelligent and sensitive and he is calling out this behaviour. Shafaq also highlighted the ills of cousin marriage.
This is what went down in Jama Taqseem:
The internet is reacting to this forced marriage situation. One user wrote, “Marrying a victim to her harasser is completely wrong.” Another added, “Sidra should never be married to Zeeshan.” One said, “Faisal is the best character on the show. He is not like his father or mother.” This is the public reaction:
