Saiqa (TV series)
Saiqa (Urdu: صاعقہ) is a Pakistani television soap opera written by Moomal Shunaid and directed by Asim Ali, is a drama serial which aired on Hum TV. It is based on Razia Butt's famous novel of the same name. Saiqa is a Mafia story with all the cliché twists, turns, lynching and manipulations. Shot on locations of Murree and Nathiagali, this dark story spans two generations.
| Saiqa | |
|---|---|
 Saiqa title screen | |
| Genre | Family |
| Created by | Moomal Productions |
| Written by | Moomal Shunaid |
| Directed by | Asim Ali |
| Starring | Ahsan Khan Ayesha Sana Juggan Kazim Madiha Iftikhar Sheema Kirmani |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Momina Duraid |
| Production location(s) | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Running time | 45–50 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Hum TV |
| Original release | 19 January – 27 May 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The show was selected to air on Hum Europe Monday to Thursday from 6 October 2016 at 9 pm.
Story
Saiqa is a love story with multiple twists, turns and manipulations. Shot on the locations of Murree and Nathiagali, this is a love story spanning two generations. The story focuses on Naaji (Sarwat Gillani) and Tahir (Mikaal Zulfiqar). Naaji is a village girl; while Tahir is an aristocrat who falls in love with and wants to marry her. Tahir is already engaged to Fauzia (Mahjabeen). His family does not want him to marry Naaji, but he does so. Naaji attempts suicide because of Fauzia. Tahir also dies after hearing of Naaji's reported death. Tahir and Naaji have a daughter, Saiqa (Juggan Kazim). She grows up in the hateful atmosphere of her father's family mansion, with everybody insulting her at every step, and plotting to get rid of her and her mother. Rehan (Ahsan Khan) at the beginning hates Saiqa like every other person in the family but later he realises that he loves her. Sumaira (Madiha Iftikhar, Saiqa's cousin and Fauzia's daughter) loves Rehan and is about to marry him but hates Saiqa even more when she hears that Rehan loves Saiqa. The story takes an interesting turn in the end.
Cast
- Sarwat Gilani as Naaji (young)
- Mikaal Zulfiqar as Tahir
- Juggan Kazim as Saiqa
- Ahsan Khan as Rehan
- Sheema Kirmani as Naaji (old)
- Mahjabeen as Fouzia
- Shamim Hilaly as Daadi Huzoor
- Khayyam Sarhadi as Abba Huzoor
- Ali Afzal as Azhar
- Ayesha Sana as Sadia
- Madiha Iftikhar as Sumaira
- Faiq Khan as Asad
- Hassan Ahmed as Fakhar
- Osama Muhammad Khalid as Abaq