Some rooms carry history in their walls. Others carry possibility. At the UK Forum on Cultural Diplomacy 2026, held at the Palace of Westminster in London, both were present. Among parliamentarians, diplomats and cultural leaders from around the world, Pakistani media found a quiet but confident voice, one rooted in storytelling, representation and lived experience.
Representing Green Entertainment were CEO Fasih ur Rehman and Executive Director Tehreem Chaudhary, marking the channel’s participation in a global conversation on culture, leadership and women’s empowerment. For a network still young in years but clear in vision, the moment reflected something deeper than presence; it reflected purpose.
Addressing global delegates inside the House of Lords, Tehreem Chaudhary spoke not as an abstract representative, but as a Pakistani woman, a Muslim and a media professional shaped by identity rather than defined by limitation. Her message was simple yet powerful: stories matter because they shape what societies accept, respect and imagine as possible.
At Green Entertainment, this belief has translated into narratives that place women at the centre not as ideals or symbols, but as decision-makers with ambition, agency and complexity. From Standup Girl and 22 Qadam to Jindo, Working Women, and the widely discussed Pamaal, these stories reflect women navigating power, responsibility, conflict and growth, much like the conversations unfolding inside Westminster that day.
Chaudhary also challenged the way South Asian and Muslim women are often discussed globally - spoken about rather than spoken with. Pakistani society, she noted, holds nuance. Tradition and progress coexist. Faith and ambition are not in opposition. Women succeed not by rejecting identity, but by working within it and carrying it forward with confidence.
The address resonated beyond the formalities of the forum because it felt lived-in, not theoretical. By drawing on history from Fatima al-Fihriya to Hazrat Khadija (R.A) and Benazir Bhutto, she reminded the audience that women’s leadership is not new, only underrepresented.
For Green Entertainment, participation in the forum reflected a broader creative philosophy: television is not merely content, it is culture. And culture, when told honestly, travels.
As conversations on representation, power and storytelling continue across borders, moments like these matter not because they make headlines, but because they shift perspective. At Westminster, Pakistani stories didn’t arrive as outsiders. They arrived as equals, ready to be heard.
Green Entertainment’s Chief Executive Fasih Ur Rehman with Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh (Left), Nusrat Ghani MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, and Mark C. Donfried, Director General of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (Right).
Green Entertainment’s Executive Director Tehreem Chaudhary speaking at the forum, seated between Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh (Right) and Baroness Uddin (Left).
Green Entertainment’s Chief Executive Fasih Ur Rehman with former Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.