Doraha-- Pakistani TV Play

The 14 episode drama Doraha is currently airing over the weekends on GEO in the U.S. Doraha means two roads/decisions leading in different directions. The next episode will be its 9th. I happened to catch episode 3 by chance and was mesmerized. The story by Umera Ahmed is excellent. Mehreen Jabbar's direction is editing is stellar-- no long boring merely time filler flashbacks with songs playing and cameras fixating on morose faces. Wonderful acting by the whole cast!! Doraha aired a couple of months back in Pakistan and Mehreen Jabbar's blog has viewers comments on the play. The last time a Pakistani TV drama, in fact anything on TV, had me smitten was...well...a very very very long time ago.
update:
Here's a site which makes the episodes available, so I took the liberty to watch them all. Overall Doraha remains an interesting drama, however the last few episodes lag the momentum that the first many excelled at. and therefore negates my no flaskbacks comment above. Furthermore there were many loose ends left untied: who does Omar's sister get married to? Why don't we see much of Omar's mother regretting the role she's played in the whole mess? We want to see her eat some major crow, we need to see her eat some major crow and, in ommitting this catharsis, Doraha makes a major blunder. Next, considering how headstrong and likeable Omar is at the beginning, his about-turn in the latter episodes is perpelxing as well as cringe worthy, especially the callous way he's ready to leave behind (spoiler alert) his wife and daughter. And that brings me to the biggest conundrum of all: what exactly is it about Omar that makes two women so madly in love with him. In Shehla's case perhaps obsession is a more apt adjective, and all too likely given that she comes from a culture where one's first love is supposed to be one's one and only till they day they die. In Sara's case, even though she's ovbiously from the same culture one expects her own background and innate intelligence to reign supreme but, eventually, this character falls flat on her face too. Doraha is definetely worth watching and, despite the glitches in the last few episodes, is still heads and shoulders above most other dramas on TV.