Neem () is a Pakistani television series directed by Shahzad Kashmiri and produced by Momina Duraid under her banner MD Productions. It stars Mawra Hocane, Syed Jibran, Arslan Naseer and Ameer Gilani. The series is set in Lahore, New York and Kashmir. It premiered on Hum TV on 5 June 2023.

Plot 
During studying at a Lahore university, Zimal develops a passion to help others and do well for the poors, after being influenced by the teachings of her teacher, Professor Hayat. After her graduation, she returns to her homeland Kashmir, where she decides to work for the education of children after meeting Baba Jan, an influential person and a father figure for Zimal. Her cousin Shazil with which she is committed, calls her and asks her about their marriage which she delays for two years during which she wants to do something better for others.

Baba Jan's son Karamat Khan wants to marry Zimal because her first wife couldn't not give him a son. His over generous nature enhances the rift between him and Karamat when he decides to return all the lands of the workers. He almost completes his plan but gets killed by his son, Karamt who pushes him from a cliff. After his death, he grabs all the property and lands of the workers by unfair means and sends a marriage proposal to Zimal to which she refuses reacting furiously.

On revealing the true colour of Karamt whom she considered as his elder brother, she decides to marry Shazil instantly. She marries her and goes to  Islamabad in his house and gets a job of a school teacher. There, she opens a street school with the help of a fellow teacher Maryam, and also helped by Shazil.

Ashhad's ancestors were brought to Kashmir decades ago to serve as a lower social class workers. Since his childhood, he is in one-sided love with Zimal and wants to marry her but there is an obstruction of the classism. After her marriage, the heartbroken Ashhad leaves for the USA and starts getting a job there.

Zimal's relationship with Shazil faces the test of the time when it reveals that she could never become a mother, despite the IVF.

Cast 
 Mawra Hocane as Zimal Riyasat
 Ameer Gilani as Ashhad Aleem
 Syed Jibran as Karamat Khan
 Arslan Naseer as Shazil
 Rahil Siddiqui as Nasir
 Hassan Shah as Jamil
 Yousuf Bashir Qureshi as Shah Alam “Baba Jan”
 Rana Majid as Faisal
 Shamil Khan as Asad
 Maryam Nafees as Mariam
 Ismat Zaidi as Ashhad's mother
 Manzar Sehbai as Professor Mairaj
 Adeel Khan as Shahrukh, Shazil's brother
 Hani Taha as Gulnaz, Shahrukh's wife
 Areeba Tirmizi as Asad's wife
 Alamdar Khan as Zimal's brother
 Tahira Shahid as Zimal's sister-in-law

Production 
Developed by Momina Duraid, the pre-production work on the series began in early 2020, during the filming of Sabaat. It then went into halt due to the lead actor's admission in Harvard University. In January 2022, Hocane revealed in an interview with an online portal that she is part of the series along with Ameer Gilani which is written by Kashif Anwar, and will be directed by Shahzad Kashmiri. She also revealed that the series revolves around the importance of education. It marked her second on-screen appearance with Gilani after Sabaat (2020) which was also directed by Kashmiri and written by Anwar. The series was confused by media reports with Nauroz, Hocane's  another upcoming series also directed by Kashmiri. In a conservation with DAWN Images, Gilani revealed that the genre of the sereis is life, and it is a primarily a love story, correlated and detached to other stories.

The teasers of the series were released in May 2023.

References 

Urdu-language television shows
Pakistani television shows
2023 Pakistani television series debuts