Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain

Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain
Genre	Political Comedy
Created by	Muhammad Younis Butt
Written by	Muhammad Younis Butt
Directed by	Fawad Wyne Anjum Shehzad
Presented by	Veena Malik (2007–2008) Mehwish Hayat (2008,2013) Saba Qamar (2009–2013,2014-15) Meera (2014) Naseem Vicky (2014-15) Alif Noon (2015)
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	574
Production
Executive producer	Imran Aslam
Producers	Rauf Afaq and
Running time	60-62 minutes (per episode)
Release
Original network	Geo tv Geo News
Original release	July 14, 2007 (2007-07-14) – December 26, 2015 (2015-12-26)
External links
Website

Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain (Urdu: ہم سب امید سے ہیں, lit. 'We Are All Hopeful') was a political satire show, which features funny segments on Pakistani political issues. Hosted by Saba Qamar, Fiza Ali & Mehwish Hayat, the show was divided into 3 versions. The first one is 'Midweek Version' Hosted by Mehwish Hayat, 2nd one is 'Extra Version' Hosted By Fiza Ali, 3rd Show of The Week is 'Weekend Version' Hosted by notable Pakistani actress Saba Qamar. Earlier this show was also hosted by actress Veena Malik, Sara Chaudry, Hira Salman, Kiran Tabeer, Mathira & Arisha Razi.^[1] This show has been on the air since July 2007. Due to its popularity, it aired till 2015 and was finished in 2015 due to ban on Geo Entertainment.

Production[]

It is written by the popular Pakistani TV programs screenwriter and humorist Muhammad Younis Butt, the show is a comedy sitcom based on political scenario of Pakistan. Butt said in an interview to Geo TV Network, Writing comedy is his passion, so he always enjoys it and never feels exhausted by writing.

Plot[]

The program mostly makes fun of corrupt and lazy politicians who always somehow sneak into the political process and get elected. This show's TV artists try to portray them in their situational comedy. The show also covers current affairs topics in Pakistan in a humorous way. The show mocks the Pakistani politicians and presents the Pakistani political issues in funny segments. In addition to other characters, each episode has a guest, who mocks an international or national politician. It usually deals with current events. It was also hosted by Nabeel And Khwaja Aslam in 2004-2005.

Series Overview[]

Hosts and Cast[]

• Veena Malik^[2] (Host of the show for 2007 and 2008 TV season)
• Saba Qamar^[3] (Host of the show for 2009-2013, 2015 TV seasons)
• Meera (Host of the show for 2014 TV season)
• Fiza Ali (Host few episodes)
• Mehwish Hayat (Host few episodes)
• Arisha Razi (Host few episodes)
• Mathira (Host few episodes)
• Naseem Vicky (Stand-up Comedian)
• Hira Mani (Appeared in few episodes)
• Rubina Arif as Firdos Ashiq Awan (Appeared in some episodes)
• Uroosa Qureshi as Meera interviewer (Appeared in some episodes)
• Alif Noon (Stand-up Comedian)

Segments[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website