Jackson Heights (Urdu: جیکسن ہائیٹس) is a[1] 2014 Pakistani light comedy-drama serial,[2] that follows the lives of overseas Pakistanis and Indians living in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of New York City in Queens.

It is directed by Mehreen Jabbar,[3] written by Vasay Chaudhry and produced by Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Nasib.

The serial features an ensemble cast including Marina Khan, Adeel Hussain, Aamina Sheikh, Noman Ejaz, Ali Kazmi, Adnan Jaffar, Naghma and Neelofar Abbasi.

The English cast are: Monsoon Bissell, Theo van Golen, and Alma Mooz Nunez.

The plot of the serial revolves around six expatriates working in Jackson Heights in New York City .

[4][5] The story revolves around six Pakistanis living in Jackson Heights, a suburb in Queens, New York.

Later in the series it is revealed that Salma's husband Sikandar is a convict doing his time in prison and has been released early due to good behaviour.

He gambles and mugs people and sells stolen watches and cell phones in the gray market.

Asma wants Jamshed to stay in Pakistan and look for a job but he is obsessed with going to the US to making a better life for himself.

Eventually his six-month tourist visa is approved and he travels to New York leaving behind his ailing grand mother, Asma, and his friend Nadir.

It is later revealed that Michelle was married to a Pakistani who later divorced her and his family took possession of the property she had inherited from her late father.

Due to his tourist visa he is unsuccessful in finding any job for himself and Kathy also throws him out of her house thinking he was trying to make advances towards Izzy.

Jamshed shows promise at work and gets into Michelle's good books much to the dismay of her other staff.

Sikandar with his cousin Kash gambles at a local casino and loses and owes a sum of $25,000 to the owner who are part of money laundering Mafia.

Salma loves and cares about Iman dearly and has saved her wedding jewellery for her college fees.

Salma overhears Sikandar's conversation with Kash and takes Bhatti's help in putting the jewellery in her bank locker.

He tells Maria about the upcoming wedding and Michelle requests Jamshed to postpone it so that her sister can be a part of it.

Bhatti who has already divorced Kathy and decided to marry Salma tells his mom that he will come and bring her daughter-in-law with him.

Salma tells him about how Emaan has asked her to not leave, Bhatti requests her to go with him to Pakistan and hands her a flight ticket he bought for her.

When he reaches back to Michelle's apartment, he finds her hearing the phone message his lawyer has left for him.

Salma one day finds out that Bhatti had not only spoken to the Casino mafia but also paid them the sum of $25000 to save Sikander.

Iman finally one day hands her divorce papers that are already signed by Sikander and gives Salma her blessings to fly to Pakistan.

The series received positive reviews from critics with praise towards the performances, script and direction.

[12] Something Haute praised the direction of Jabbar stating, "Despite being shot both in New York and Karachi, we didn’t get to see any technical blunders of continuity nor we saw any changes in expressions.