To understand the importance of , one must look at the television landscape of early 1990s Pakistan. Before the genie arrived, children’s programming largely consisted of dubbed cartoons (like Heidi or Candy Candy ) or moralistic plays that often felt like lectures.
The first episode of Ainak Wala Jin , which originally premiered on , introduces us to the fantastical world of Nastoor , a genie from the Caucasus Mountains . ainak wala jin episode 1