Humsafar (Urdu: ہم سفر‎, Ham-safar) (English: Companion) is a Pakistani drama television series directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, based on a novel of the same name written by Farhat Ishtiaq. It originally aired on Hum TV from 24 September 2011 to 3 March 2012. The story revolves around the trials and tribulations of a married couple.[1]
Episode 1 - 10[edit]
Humsafar is a story about three individuals, Khirad, Ashar and Sara who are poles apart from one another, yet they end up being woven in a love triangle, and thus the true love faces certain obstacles to prove itself. Khirad (Mahira Khan) hails from a small locality in Hyderabad, and lives with her bed-ridden mother Maimoona (Saba Faisal). Maimoona's brother Baseerat Hussain (Behroze Sabzwari) is wealthy and is married to Fareeda Hussain (Atiqa Odho). They have a son Ashar (Fawad Afzal Khan). Maimoona who is dying of cancer, seeks her brother's help in getting Khirad married. Baseerat promises that Ashar will marry Khirad, much to Farida's shock as Farida has always expected that Ashar would marry her sister's Zarina Ajmal's (Hina Khawaja Bayat) daughter Sara (Naveen Waqar). Ashar and Khirad reluctantly get married at Maimoona's death bed. Sara is shocked to hear of this news and tries to commit suicide by slitting her wrist. Both Ashar and Khirad feel that they have been forced on each other. Ashar promises Khirad that he will try his best to make the marriage work. Khirad is deeply hurt by the fact that she has been forced into a stranger's life and feels her self-respect has been lost. Gradually, the couple starts falling deeply in love with each other. Ashar admires Khirad's innocence, simplicity and purity of heart. Khirad falls for Ashar because of his caring and charming personality. When Sara humiliates Khirad, she is reprimanded by Ashar for her callousness. Baseerat falls ill and before he dies, he warns his son of the need to protect innocent Khirad from the wiles of the world. Ashar, already in love