Urdu Tv Serial Ishq-e-Benaam

Ishq-e-Benaam is a Pakistani romantic drama serial that was written by Adam Azeenand and directed by Saife Hassan. The serial was broadcast on HUM TV from 9 November 2015 to 29 March 2016 with a total of 102 episodes each with a running period of 15-20 minutes approximately. The serial revolves around Areeba and her family and the life that awaits them. The story begins by depicting a woman named Naheed. Naheed is a poor woman who tries her best to make ends meet. She has two daughters named Areeba and Khusbu along with a handicapped son named Nabeel. As they all struggle with poverty Nabeel tries his best to support the family by sacrificing the money that might be needed for his own operation. Soon Khusbu's marriage is arranged and the family tries hard to acquire the money needed for a good wedding ceremony. Areeba decides to sell her phone to get the money but a small misunderstanding gets her getting caught by the police where a woman named Soha sees her.

Soha judges the situation as a mere case of theft and thinks lowly of Areeba. Later Areeba pleads to the police officer and with their permission calls Arsal who comes to her rescue. On the other hand, after Khusbu signs the niqah, her wedding is crashed by her husband's ex-girlfriend who congratulates them on their wedding and drinks poison. Moiz, who is Khusbu's husband, finds the situation very disturbing and rushes to the hospital with his ex-girlfriend in order to save her. He blames his parents for arranging the wedding and divorces Khusbu at the wedding venue on the same night. Khusbu is numb by the events and blames Areeba for her misfortune and bad luck. This creates bad blood between the two sisters. Areeba who learns that poverty is probably their biggest enemy, decides to step out of the house and venture into the city to find a job to support her family and end the cycle of poverty.

On the way to participate in an interview for a job in the Kesar Group of Companies, Arsal's bike breaks down which leads to a series of unfortunate events and Areeba getting on a rickshaw to reach the company on time. However, unfortunately, the rickshaw collides with a car. Unbeknownst to her, this car was owned by Kesar himself who promptly pays for the damages and helps Areeba to get to the company on time for her interview. Once there, Areeba found out that the one who was in charge of the interview was Soha who she had met earlier.Upon seeing her Soha immediately recognizes Areeba and still continues to judge her as a mobile thief without trying to know the entire situation. Soha promptly denies Areeba the chance for an interview and states that there is no place for thieves in a well-respected company. Disheartened by the whole situation, Areeba returns home. However, when Kesar found out that Areeba had not succeeded in getting the job he decided to call his employees and put in a word with them to hire her promptly. Hence, Areeba miraculously gets the job. However, later she finds out that the company is owned by Kesar who has helped her in securing the job. She is thankful to him for it. Soha turns out to be the daughter of Kesar who complains to her mother that her father probably doesn't want her to get involved in the company and has hence helped Areeba to get the job. A huge rift forms between Areeba and Soha after this incident.

Later both Khusbu and Areeba manage to get married in secret. Khusbu marries Akbar and Areeba with a turn of events gets married to Kesar. This enraged Kesar's first wife Marina. She hates and believes that she was supposed to be the builder of this huge empire of companies and property but now Kesar is doing nothing but throwing it all away for some poor woman. Marina disgusted by Kesar's actions decides to team up with Khabar who is a rival of Kesar and decides that Soha should get married to Juvad who is Khavar's son. They figure out that this marriage would probably enrage Kesar and serve as a lesson. Kesar has a stroke after this and eventually gets bound to a wheelchair. Areeba takes care of him. Marina gets persuaded by Khabar to secretly poison Kesar and kill him off. However, Soha accidentally overhears them poisoning Kesar's water and rushes to save her father. However, when she gets there she figures that it's too late and calls for the ambulance.

Kesar was rushed into the hospital with Areeba and Soha following. Khavar calls Juvad and asks for the good news of Kesar's death but his mood drops when he hears the voice of a different on the call who informs him that Juvaid had died in a car accident. Khavar is disheartened and heartbroken over the turn of events. Kesar eventually dies because of the poison as the hospital authority fails to save him. Soha breaks down crying while Areeba faints upon hearing this news. However, she finds that her mother along with her entire family and Arsal have come to support her over the death of her husband. She gets a call that states the death of Juvad. When she tells Soha the news, Soha states that Juvad deserves what he got for his misdeeds. How the lies unfold and culprits get caught along with how Areeba manages to clear her intentions with the company is what constitutes the rest of the episodes.