Ghairat

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Ghairat
غیرت
Genre Drama
Romance
Crime
Written byEdison Idrees Masih
Directed byAhmed Bhatti
Starring Iqra Aziz
Muneeb Butt
Syed Jibran
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerAbdullah Seja
Production companyIdream Entertainment
Original release
Network ARY Digital
Release24 July (2017-07-24) 
13 November 2017 (2017-11-13)

Ghairat is a Pakistani television series which aired on ARY Digital. [1] It features Iqra Aziz and Muneeb Butt in lead roles with Syed Jibran as the antagonist. Premiering on 24 July 2017, Ghairat ended its run on 13 November 2017 after 24 episodes. The story of the series revolves around Honour Killing. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Synopsis

The story revolves around Saba (Iqra Aziz). She has lived a sheltered life, all well within the constraints of patriarchal norms. Saba finds a teacher and a friend in her elder sister Iqra (Jinaan Hussain). In a tragic turn of events, their elder brother Usman (Syed Jibran) burns Iqra alive in the name of honour. Saba, who held deep respect for Usman as his elder brother who she thought couldn't even harm a fly, now sees him in a completely different light. She grows up the day she sees her sister engulfed in flames and grows out of many ideals she had grown up with.

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