{"id":21632,"date":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21632"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","slug":"we-watched-the-first-episode-of-lazawal-ishq-so-you-dont-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21632","title":{"rendered":"We watched the first episode of ‘Lazawal Ishq’ so you don\u2019t have to"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lazawal Ishq is Pakistan\u2019s first Urdu reality TV show about love. Based on the Turkish hit A\u015fk Adas\u0131, the episodes are airing on YouTube instead of TV because the show doesn\u2019t have a PEMRA licence. Shot in Turkey and hosted by Ayesha Omar, who described the project as \u201ca first of its kind for Pakistani and Urdu-speaking viewers worldwide\u201d and she wasn\u2019t wrong. Of course, there was the usual online backlash, but we aren\u2019t here to dwell on that. On company time we put ourselves to work and watched the first episode so you don\u2019t have to. Here\u2019s what we thought.<\/p>\n

Hello budget!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the good. The villa is stunning. The pool, daybeds and the little corners where contestants can pull each other aside for a chat had us thinking, are we watching Love Island right now? A new bombshell could enter the villa any minute now. Every shot of the house screamed luxe, and the set design did a solid job of making the contestants look like they were living their best summer fantasy.<\/p>\n

Ayesha Omar the anchor<\/p>\n

So far, Ayesha Omar is carrying the show on her back. She\u2019s the perfect pick to host, guiding the drama while staying engaging and fun. Her wardrobe and styling were on point, though it felt like all the budget went into that one jaw-dropping red gown she wore because\u00a0the contestants\u2019 outfits..Miranda Priestly would shudder. Let\u2019s just say the styling team clearly has a favourite.<\/p>\n

Production, please step in
\nThe show feels a little chaotic at the moment. Everyone talks over each other and it\u2019s hard to keep up with who\u2019s saying what. Subtitles would help, and maybe a bit more structure could stop the early episodes from feeling like a jumbled mess.<\/p>\n

Contestant corner
\nJunaid immediately claimed he\u2019s a mama\u2019s boy. Okay we get it, now let\u2019s hope it doesn\u2019t become an issue for Fatima or anyone else down the line. His joke about \u2018Pathan ke dhabbe ki chai\u2019 was unnecessary and not something we are here for.\u00a0Side-eye. Laiba, on the other hand, is no filter. She straight up said about Fahad, \u201cNo honestly I don\u2019t like him.\u201d Ouch, but it did get a giggle out of us. But later she tried with him, which was good to see. Batool, however, does not like Sheraz at all and it\u2019s painfully obvious. Fahad then added a line even Ayesha Omar could not stomach, \u201cMujhe waise bhi jangli billian pasand hai.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

All jokes aside, Lazawal Ishq is a win\u00a0content censorship in Pakistan. It brings something new for reality TV watchers beyond Tamasha and contextualises a local perspective. Kudos to the video editing team and the scenic shots of the Bosphorus were a lovely touch.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know about you but we are definitely tuned in!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lazawal Ishq is Pakistan\u2019s first Urdu reality TV show about love. Based on the Turkish hit A\u015fk Adas\u0131, the episodes are airing on YouTube instead of TV because the show doesn\u2019t have a PEMRA licence. Shot in Turkey and hosted by Ayesha Omar, who described the project as \u201ca first of its kind for Pakistani […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}