Mere Humsafar (transl. My Companion or Life Partner) is a Romantic Pakistani drama television series produced by Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Naseeb under the banner Six Sigma Plus. Directed by Qasim Ali Mureed and written by Saira Raza, it aired from 30 December 2021 to 29 September 2022 on ARY Digital. It stars Farhan Saeed and Hania Aamir as leads along with Saba Hameed, Waseem Abbas, Samina Ahmad, Zoya Nasir and Omer Shahzad in supporting roles.^[1]

Mere Humsafar revolves around a girl, Hala, who is left by her father at her paternal house where she is mistreated, especially by her Tai Jan (paternal aunt). Later, her cousin Hamza, returns from abroad, marries her and gives her the respect she always needed. The series met with mixed reviews from the audience and is highly rated. It has gained popularity in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and UAE.^[2][3][4]

At the 22nd Lux Style Awards, the series received seven nominations, including Best TV Play and Best Ensemble Play, and won the Best TV Original Soundtrack.^[5]

Hala a British-Pakistani girl is left alone in Pakistan at a young age by her father, Nafees, because his new European wife does not want to raise his daughter from his previous marriage. Loved by her father and then abandoned, Hala is mistreated by her father's elder brother, Raees, his wife, Shahjahan and another brother Jalees's wife, Sofia. She grows up to be an innocent teenager who is always scolded and the slightest ease she had in the family is her grandmother and younger uncle, Jalees. Raees narrates her father false stories about her and never lets her talk to her father. She is in love with her best friend, Shafaq's cousin, Khurram, who takes her on a few dates secretly. Shahjahan discovers this and creates misunderstandings by narrating false narratives to Khurram. Khurram's mother falls severely ill on discovering her son had been deceiving the family and Hala as he was engaged to Shafaq, but Khurram blames Hala instead of seeing his own fault. Raees plans on getting Hala married to his employee Naveed, who is mentally unstable.

Later, Hala's cousin Hamza breaks off her marriage saying how would she live with such a man. After the scene, for a mistake committed by Hamza's younger sister Rumi that leads to Sameen being attacked by goons, Shahjahan, in order to save her daughter, says everything has been done by Hala and throws her out of the house. When later Hamza finds Hala on roads, he brings her home which Raees opposes and keeps a condition to Hala, to live at their home she needs to be a relative of the family and denies her entry as they say her own father has ended the relationship with her. While Hala is left with no choice Hamza does the unthinkable, taking Hala to the mosque and marrying her! The others are upset from the marriage since it was decided at a young age that Hamza will be marrying Sameen when they grow up. Sameen is now heartbroken about Hamza marrying Hala. This is when Shahjahan's (Taijaan's) hatred toward Hala grows even more. Accusing Hala that she brainwashed her son (Hamza) into falling in love.

Hala's life becomes harder living there as no one accepts her as Hamza's wife except their grandmother. While overcoming the hatred and hardships there, Hamza helps her find confidence in herself. They begin to fall for each other. While Khurram saves Sameen's life and both bump into each other multiple times, they grow a friendship with each other. One day Sameen takes Khurram to her house, where he realises that it is Hala's house as he had gone there before and sees her and Hamza together from behind the bushes and vows to take revenge on her. It is soon revealed that Hala is pregnant and will not be able to travel to London. After knowing of Hala's pregnancy, grandmother and Hamza are over the moon and the others are less than happy. Shahjahan, seeing Hala's importance grow because of her unborn child, decides to make Hala miscarry her child. In order to do that, she gives her a pain medicine and Hala, thinking Shahjahan has changed, so she eats the medicine. Afterwards, when the truth is revealed to Hala, she confronts Shahjahan about it with Hamza and Shahjahan denies it showing it as if Hala takes it herself to abort her pregnancy. After this, Hala and Hamza fight a lot and are upset with each other. Now Sameen's parents are thinking of marrying Khurram and Sameen, and for that purpose they call Khurram to their house to finalize the proposal. Shahjahan sees Khurram and recognizes him blurting out about Khurram and Hala's past to which everyone is shocked. She calls Hala and drags her in front of everyone and then Khurram ironically refuses to recognise Hala, and even Hala under pressure lied that she also doesn't know him framing Shahjahan as the liar and mental one. Everyone says that she has gone insane. Hala is deeply traumatized by this and as she always speaks the truth, and she told a lie she cries a lot. Hamza comforts her but still she doesn't get okay.

For few days Khurram and Shahjahan traumatize Hala. Hala decides to tell Hamza about the past, but Shahjahan doesn't let that happen. A day before Khurram's engagement, he recalls his mother's words and decides to give up on revenge. The next day it's Khurram's engagement with Sameen. Shahjahan is disturbed by this and asks Khurram to back off from engagement, but he does not. And he also says Shahjahan that he does not want to take any revenge. On this Shahjahan gets angry and comes up with an evil plan. She manipulates Hala and takes her to Khurram's house and asks her to request him to go away from Sameen's life. While Hala is talking to Khurram, Shahjahan calls Hamza and asks him to come to Khurram's house and asks him to listen their conversation in a sneaky way. Hamza misunderstands the situation and Hala's words. He feels broken. Everyone in the family discovers that Hala knew Khurram much earlier. Meanwhile, Nafees (Hala's father) comes back with his other daughter Maryam. Grandmother dies while narrating Hala's painful experiences in life. The engagement of Sameen and Khurram is broken off after knowing the truth. Nafees and Maryam support Hala and make her regain her self-confidence.

Hamza despite Hala leaving the house comes treats her nicely. One day Khurram goes to Sameen and apologizes for his mistake and Sameen says he should first take forgiveness from Hala, so Khurram came to Hala for apology and Hamza sees them together and feels suspicious. Meanwhile, Rumi also marries her boyfriend secretly as her mother had refused to talk about her marriage with her father. Later Shahjahan came to Hala and told her that Hamza will expel her after taking child from her which upsets her and makes her doubt Hamza. Hala and Hamza have a fight and feel betrayed by each other and do not want to live together and Hamza goes to Khurram's house to tell him about their split. Khurram makes Hamza realize his love for Hala. Meanwhile, Rumi's engagement is being done with someone else and Hala has an appointment simultaneously, so Hamza accompanies Hala to the hospital. Meanwhile, Sameen plans to go to study abroad, and her father Jalees decides to sell his share of house to fund Sameen's education. When Hala discovers Rumi crying on the streets and helps her and Hamza in resolving Rumi's secret marriage issue.

Hamza tries to get back with Hala. Hala falls unconscious on learning that Hamza tried to offer her hand to Khurram and delivers their baby girl. On returning home, Rumi reveals Shahjahan's false blames and Hamza decides to go to Australia with Hala and their daughter for a fresh start. Jalees was unhappy but accepted the decision while Hala wanted to stay in Pakistan. Shahjahan broke down after learning about it and she started to ask forgiveness to both of them, requesting them to stay. Rumi is married to her boyfriend Waqas formally and Khurram says he will wait for Sameen after she comes back from abroad. Hala forgives Shajahan and convinces Hamza to remain in Pakistan to look after their child and the family. Finally, Hala and Hamza confesses their love to each other over a cup of tea.

Quick Facts "Mere Humsafar", Single by Naveed Nashad ...

"Mere Humsafar"
Single by Naveed Nashad
Language	Urdu
Genre	Theme song
Length	14:38
Composer(s)	Naveed Nashad
Lyricist(s)	Qamar Nashad
Producer(s)	Humayun Saeed Shehzad Naseeb
External videos Music video on YouTube

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The Mere Humsafar title song is sung by Amanat Ali, Yashal Shahid and Zaheer Abbas, composed by Naveed Nashad with lyrics by Qamar Nashad.^[16][17]

The series was often called out for being similar to the 2011 series Humsafar.^[29] It also landed in controversy after its showcased Hindu religion. During the death sequence, the cast was dressed in white, a customary of the Hindus.^[30][31]

Mere Humsafar was ranked by the Pakistani media as one of the best and most watched drama of 2022.^[34][35] Farhan Saeed and Hania Aamir received positive feedback for their portrayal of Hamza and Hala, and for breaking various stereotype.^[36][37] Saeed and Aamir's pair was termed as one of the most loved on-screen couple of 2022.^[38][39] The series received high praises and popularity across the globe, mainly in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and UAE.^[40][41] It has often trended on Twitter and is one of the most watched Pakistani drama series on YouTube with over a billion views.^[42][43]