Writer Umera Ahmed has asked fans to guess which character on her smash hit drama Dar-e-Nijaat will be diagnosed with cancer, after the latest episode ended on a cliffhanger.
Abu Bakar confessed his long-held love for Zaryab in a night-time scene in the episode but the revelation turned tense when Zaryab found cancer medication hidden away. She panicked, then broke down and embraced Abu Bakar, afraid she would lose him. The episode ended without revealing who the medication belongs to.
Ahmed then posted on X with a poll listing four names: Abu Bakar, Zamil, Zaryab and Khushbakht. “So who actually is having cancer,” she wrote. “#DareNijaat. Let’s find out tonight.”
Viewers praised Dur-e-Fishan Saleem for showing Zaryab’s shift from confusion to fear and heartbreak. Fans also began speculating about whether the cancer storyline will end tragically for Abu Bakar and Zaryab.
Dar-e-Nijaat follows three people from different worlds. Dur-e-Fishan Saleem plays Zaryab, Sheheryar Munawar plays Abu Bakar and Nameer Nawaz Khan plays Zamil.
Zaryab is a modern, confident young woman and Zamil’s childhood friend. The two are about to get engaged, but Zamil grows envious of Abu Bakar, the son of Zaryab’s grandmother’s friend. Zamil then turns toward a religious life. He tells Zaryab he wants a practical, religious wife, not a modern one. He also tells her that Abu Bakar, a religious man, will not marry a modern woman either. Zamil later marries Hamna, played by Romaisa Khan. Hamna is the daughter of a cook who worked for Abu Bakar, and she also liked him.
Zaryab tells her grandmother she wants to marry Abu Bakar, a calm, principled man whose worldview comes from the teachings of his mother, Khushbakht, played by Sania Saeed. The couple marry, but Zaryab stays stuck in her past and acts arrogantly toward him at first. She is now trying to change.
Umera Ahmed wrote the drama while Saqib Khan directed it.
