{"id":24646,"date":"2025-10-23T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=24646"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:04:01","slug":"dil-dhoondta-hai-phir-wohi-shows-what-caregiving-really-looks-like-for-pakistani-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=24646","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dil Dhoondta Hai Phir Wohi\u2019 shows what caregiving really looks like for Pakistani women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Dil Dhoondta Hai Phir Wohi continues to explore the strain of caregiving within a Pakistani household. Written by Rida Bilal and directed by Adnan Sarwar, the drama is a project of Alpha Productions and airs on Express Entertainment. The cast includes Zahid Ahmed, Zara Noor Abbas Khan, Mohammed Ahmed, Faizan Sheikh, Noreen Gulwani and Rubina Ashraf.<\/p>\n<p>In episode 7, Zara Noor Abbas Khan\u2019s character, Ramsha, faces the increasing demands of caring for her husband, Ali, played by Zahid Ahmed, who has been recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. The condition alters Ali\u2019s memory, behaviour and emotional stability, gradually shifting the family dynamic and forcing Ramsha to take on more responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Ramsha attempts to stay patient and emotionally present, responding to Ali\u2019s mood swings and withdrawal while managing her professional and parental obligations. His gradual dependence on binge eating as a coping mechanism adds another layer of difficulty, turning everyday moments into quiet tests of endurance.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the immediate household, Ramsha faces social and financial strain. Her mother-in-law blames her for Ali\u2019s decline, her own family remains distant and unresolved property disputes weigh on her further. These external pressures mirror the broader expectations placed on women to maintain harmony, absorb tension and continue functioning without pause.<\/p>\n<p>The episode\u2019s turning point arrives when Ramsha leaves her son with Ali while running errands. In her absence, he injures himself trying to cook, while Ali remains unaware of what has happened. The moment captures the limits of caregiving when one person is expected to be present everywhere at once. Ramsha\u2019s brief absence becomes a reminder of how women\u2019s labour is treated as both essential and invisible, valued only when it fails.<\/p>\n<p>Through Ramsha, Dil Dhoondta Hai Phir Wohi offers a restrained look at how unpaid care work sustains many Pakistani households. The narrative traces how financial, emotional, and domestic responsibilities gradually concentrate around women until they become routine, portraying caregiving as an ongoing, unacknowledged labour rather than a sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Dil Dhoondta Hai Phir Wohi airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 8:00 PM (PKT) on Express Entertainment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dil Dhoondta Hai Phir Wohi continues to explore the strain of caregiving within a Pakistani household. Written by Rida Bilal and directed by Adnan Sarwar, the drama is a project of Alpha Productions and airs on Express Entertainment. The cast includes Zahid Ahmed, Zara Noor Abbas Khan, Mohammed Ahmed, Faizan Sheikh, Noreen Gulwani and Rubina [&hellip;]<\/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-24646","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\/24646","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=24646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}