For singer Humaira Arshad, losing her father was not just the death of a parent, but the loss of the man she called her hero.  

The singer appeared on Zardast where she spoke about the pain she experienced after her father's sudden passing, and how it continues to affect her.  

 When host Wasi Shah asked, “What was the most sorrowful moment of your life," Humaira replied, “The death of my father. Because my father suddenly became ill, he had a stroke and a heart attack, and suddenly he passed away. I tried my best to save him, I did everything I could as a daughter, but it was God's will. He was not ill before that, there were no prior symptoms, everything happened suddenly. I had never seen my father with a fever, or a cold, or anything like that, and suddenly he was in that condition. It was so unexpected.”

Humaira described the shock of receiving the news while she was in Karachi for a show.
 “When I got the call from home that my father had become like that, I was in Karachi for a show. They told me that my father had gone into a coma. I just kept praying to Allah, asking Him to help. I didn't even get to talk to my father before I left. I kept wondering if he was going to leave just like that. It was really painful not to have had a final conversation with him,"  Humaira recalled. 

Her father’s health deteriorated rapidly, Arshad explained: “He was in a coma for three months. We don’t know what exactly happened, but a private hospital took him in, and when we arrived, they said he went into a coma right away, and they put him on a ventilator. I was in such a state that I felt like I had lost my mind. I felt like the world had ended.”

 
Despite the overwhelming grief, the Ainak Wala Jin actress found strength in her father’s memory.
 
 

“I prayed for him, did everything I could, and continued with charity and the rituals. I was a big fan of my father, not just because he was my father, but because of the work he did, his love for the family of the Prophet, and his way of life. I saw him praying and worshipping. What I saw in my father, you don’t find in many people," Humaira Arshad concluded.