Jeeto Pakistan League (JPL) is a Pakistani

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reality television game show where celebrities are seen competing with each other in an indoor game format. It is a special "league"-based edition of the game show, ''

Jeeto Pakistan ''Jeeto Pakistan'' ( ur, ; ) is a Pakistani game show, hosted by actor Fahad Mustafa on ARY Digital. The show was launched on 18 May 2014. It has been called the "biggest game show" of Pakistan. Jeeto Pakistan's participants are selected rando ...

''. Presented by

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, it started airing from Ramadan 2020 on

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Format

A "league"-based format where teams representing six major cities

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and

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would compete against each other, with each team led by a notable celebrity. Each episode also features guest celebrities supporting there favourite teams and new contestants would be drawn for each episode while maintaining

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due to

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, and the top two teams with most points would qualify for a final play-off. Members of the public would be able to participate in the show through live calls.

Teams

The show consists of seven teams competing for grand prize.

Seasons

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(25 April 2020 – 23 May 2020) *

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(14 April 2021 – 12 May 2021) *

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(3 April 2022 – 2 May 2022) *

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(23 March 2023 – 21 April 2023)

Production

In the Ramadan season of 2020, the show's format was changed in light of the

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and the studio audience was eliminated. Instead, a "league"-based format was introduced where teams representing five major cities would compete against each other, with each team led by a notable celebrity. New contestants would be drawn for each episode while maintaining

, and the top two teams with most points would qualify for a final play-off. Members of the public would be able to participate in the show through live calls. In 2021, 6th team was announced as ''Multan Tigers'' for the city

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was selected as a captain of Multan Tigers team.

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was replaced by

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as the captain of ''Quetta Knights'' team as

was busy in Pakistan vs South Africa ODI series. In 2022,

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joined the game show as Karachi Lions Captain replacing

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rejoined the league after 2020 for Quetta Knights team. 7th team was announced as ''Gujranwala Bulls'' for the city

, who was Quetta Knights captain in 2021, was selected as a captain of Gujranwala Bulls.

Controversy

In 2020, Few days after the show started on-air, the video of Siddiqui goes viral where he was seen misbehaving with rival team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Many people and celebrities criticized Siddiqui and called the act disrespectful. In the later episode, Siddiqui apologises to Ahmed and his fans saying he didn't mean it. Following his apology both Ahmed and Mustafa told him it's all good and no apologies were required to begin with.

References

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