Pamaal, a drama serial drawing huge audiences these days with Saba Qamar, as Malika, in the female lead, seems to be the story of every household. The emotional ebb and flow in the marital relationship between Malika and her husband has intrigued everyone. After every episode, the men and their wives are involved in intense arguments about who is at fault. Ironically, what the drama wants couples to avoid — the argumentative battle for supremacy — gets activated in real time.

In the eleventh episode, Malika is arrested by the police from an apartment where some unethical activities were going on. Actually, Malika had gone there to share korma with a just-met friend. Her husband, an irascible and overly cautious person, finds the moment to prove right his judgment of Malika that she doesn't know the ways of the world so thoroughly as he does. He couldn't swallow the ignominy caused by his wife's detention at a police station for allegedly being involved in some suspicious activities.

As the story of the drama........

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