Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain
Genre	Political satire, comedy, Slapstick
Created by	Muhammad Younis Butt
Written by	Muhammad Younis Butt
Directed by	Fawad Wyne Anjum Shehzad
Presented by	Veena Malik (2007–2008) Mehwish Hayat (2008,2013-14) Saba Qamar (2009–2013,2014-15) Hira Mani (2012) 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
Producer	Rauf Afaq
Running time	60-62 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Network	Geo tv Geo News
Release	July 14, 2007 (2007-07-14) – December 26, 2015 (2015-12-26)
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Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain (Urdu: ہم سب امید سے ہیں, lit. 'We Are All Expecting') is a political satire show, which features funny segments on Pakistani political issues.

Hosted by Saba Qamar, Fiza Ali and Mehwish Hayat, the show was divided into 3 versions. The first one is 'Midweek Version' Hosted by Mehwish Hayat, the second is 'Extra Version' Hosted By Fiza Ali and the third 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 and Arisha Razi.^[1][2]

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 Pakistani TV programs screenwriter and humorist Muhammad Younis Butt.^[1]

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 as host^[3] (Host of the show for 2007 and 2008 TV season)
• Saba Qamar as Resham^[4] (Host of the show for 2009-2013, 2015 TV seasons)
• Meera as herself (Host of the show for 2014 TV season)
• Fiza Ali as News host (Host few episodes)
• Mehwish Hayat as Newscaster (Host few episodes)
• Arisha Razi as Nunni (Host few episodes)
• Mathira as News interviewer (Host few episodes)
• Naseem Vicky as Naseem (Stand-up Comedian)
• Hira Mani as Advertisement lady (Appeared in few episodes)
• Rubina Arif as Firdos Ashiq Awan (Appeared in some episodes)
• Adla Khan as Morning show host (Appeared in some episodes)
• Uroosa Qureshi as Meera interviewer (Appeared in some episodes)
• Alif Noon (Stand-up Comedian)

Segments