# Yaqeen Ka Safar (یقین کا سفر)
**Yaqeen Ka Safar** (یقین کا سفر, "Journey of Conviction") is a 2017 Pakistani Urdu-language television serial that aired on [Hum TV](https://www.edgepedia.org/hum-tv), adapted from a novel by Farhat Ishtiaq (فرحت اشتیاق), directed by Shahzad Kashmiri (شہزاد کشمیری) and produced by Momina Duraid (مومنہ درید)[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506). It starred [Sajal Aly](https://www.edgepedia.org/sajal-aly) and [Ahad Raza Mir](https://www.edgepedia.org/ahad-raza-mir) and, while on air, was described by *The Express Tribune* as Pakistan's most popular drama[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Channel and production | Hum TV; produced by Momina Duraid, directed by Shahzad Kashmiri[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506) |
| Source | Adapted from Farhat Ishtiaq's novel, identified by one bibliographic source as *Wo Yaqeen Ka Aik Naya Safar* (وہ یقین کا ایک نیا سفر)[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506) • [3](https://urdureadings.com/wo-yaqeen-ka-aik-naya-safar-by-farhat-ishtiaq/) |
| Broadcast | 29 episodes, Wednesdays at 20:00, 40-minute slots, on Hum TV in 2017[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/41795/yaqeen-ka-safar) |
| Leads | Sajal Aly as Zubia, Ahad Raza Mir as Asfandyar, with Hira Salman, Shaz Khan and Farhan Ali Agha[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506) • [5](https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/199105-Yakeen-Ka-Safar-will-star-Sajal-Aly-and-Ahad-Raza-Mir) |
| Premise | Three families: a girl who saw her mother die at her father's hands, an educated family seeking justice, and a poor village girl gang-raped by powerful men[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10742828/) |
| Themes | Social justice, a judicial system favoring the rich, girls' education, and women's autonomy[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas) |
## Plot and characters
The serial follows three families whose stories converge. Zubia is a young woman whose life is shattered by her mother's death at her father's hands; after her father's death she moves to her aunt's house in Peshawar and takes a job at Dr Asfandyar's hospital[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506). The second family is that of Barrister Usman, whose sons are Daniyal and Asfandyar. Daniyal, a lawyer, decides against his family's wishes to take the case of a girl gang-raped by a minister's son, and is killed; Dawn News Urdu reports that the minister's men framed the death as suicide over an alleged affair with his assistant[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506). *The Express Tribune* identifies the victim of the rape as Noori (Suhaee Abro) and states that Daniyal (Shaz Khan) was murdered by a fraudulent politician while seeking justice for her; after his death the family leaves [Islamabad](https://www.edgepedia.org/islamabad) for northern Pakistan[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas).
**Asfandyar's transformation.** Deeply scarred by his brother's death, Asfandyar turns from a carefree youth into a dedicated doctor[7](https://humaradrama.com/drama/yaqeen-ka-safar). He moves his family to Neelam Valley (وادی نیلم), where he opens a large hospital[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506); *The Express Tribune* places this return five years after the family's departure[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas). Zubia joins the hospital as a newly graduated doctor, and the two characters' shared experience of trauma and unspoken grief gradually becomes the foundation of the story's resolution[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas) • [7](https://humaradrama.com/drama/yaqeen-ka-safar).
## Origins and production
The serial is an adaptation of a Farhat Ishtiaq novel. *The News* reported before broadcast that it was an adaptation of her novel "of the same name"[5](https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/199105-Yakeen-Ka-Safar-will-star-Sajal-Aly-and-Ahad-Raza-Mir), while the Urdu bibliographic site Urdu Readings titles the source *Wo Yaqeen Ka Aik Naya Safar* (وہ یقین کا ایک نیا سفر), a socio-romantic novel that first appeared in a local monthly digest and was adapted by Hum TV into a serial[3](https://urdureadings.com/wo-yaqeen-ka-aik-naya-safar-by-farhat-ishtiaq/). The novel centers on the same two lead characters, Dr Zubiya Khalil and Asfandyar Khan[3](https://urdureadings.com/wo-yaqeen-ka-aik-naya-safar-by-farhat-ishtiaq/).
**Broadcast.** TVmaze records the serial as a 29-episode Urdu scripted drama on Hum TV in 2017, scheduled Wednesdays at 20:00 in 40-minute episodes, with the genres drama, crime and romance[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/41795/yaqeen-ka-safar). A third-party wiki record gives the run as 19 April to 1 November 2017 and credits MD Productions as producer[8](https://www.yoda.wiki/wiki/Yaqeen_Ka_Safar). The same record describes the streaming history: episodes were uploaded to Hum TV's YouTube channel and later removed, released on iflix under a channel contract that ended in 2019, re-uploaded to YouTube in July 2019, and later released on [MX Player](https://www.edgepedia.org/mx-player) and partially on Amazon Prime Video[8](https://www.yoda.wiki/wiki/Yaqeen_Ka_Safar).
## Cast and performances
Sajal Aly played Zubia and Ahad Raza Mir played Asfandyar[5](https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/199105-Yakeen-Ka-Safar-will-star-Sajal-Aly-and-Ahad-Raza-Mir). Dawn News Urdu lists the central cast as Sajal Ali, Ahad Raza Mir, Hira Salman, Shaz Khan and Farhan Ali Agha[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506), and *The News* adds Ehteshamuddin, Fazila Qazi, Huma Nawab and Sabiha Sumar to the supporting cast[5](https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/199105-Yakeen-Ka-Safar-will-star-Sajal-Aly-and-Ahad-Raza-Mir).
Critics singled out the two leads. *The Express Tribune* wrote that Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly "shined in their performances", especially Aly, who "nails her transition from a 'mazloom' (downtrodden) girl to a strong, independent woman"[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas). Dawn News Urdu credited Mir's portrayal of Dr Asfandyar with winning countless hearts[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506).
## Themes and critical reception
*The Express Tribune* argued that Yaqeen Ka Safar "changed the paradigm" of Pakistani drama by departing from repetitive storylines such as the one-man-marrying-multiple-women narrative[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas). The review identified its themes as social justice, a judicial system that favors the rich, girls' education, and women's autonomy, citing Zubia's path to becoming a doctor and Noori's fight against the feudal system[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas).
**Comparisons with earlier drama.** The same review compared the Asfandyar–Zubia chemistry to the sparks between Dr Ahmer (Rahat Kazmi) and Zoya (Marina Khan) in the 1987 classic *Dhoop Kinare*, and noted that the serial does not make romance the focus of the story[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas). It also highlighted the respectful relationship between Gaiti and her mother-in-law as a deliberate contrast with the stereotypical evil saas-bahu (mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship drama) dynamic of most [Pakistani dramas](https://www.edgepedia.org/pakistani-dramas), naming *Humsafar* as the familiar example[2](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas).
Dawn News Urdu described the serial as a story of standing against social atrocities while holding complete faith in God, and predicted before the season ended that the serial would win many [Hum Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/hum-awards) the following year[1](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506).
## References
1. [کئی امتحانوں میں کامیابی کے بعد 'یقین کا سفر' — Dawn News Urdu](https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1067506)
2. [Yaqeen Ka Safar is honest and original, and has changed the paradigm of Pakistani dramas — The Express Tribune](https://tribune.com.pk/article/59539/yaqeen-ka-safar-is-honest-and-original-and-has-changed-the-paradigm-of-pakistani-dramas)
3. [Wo Yaqeen Ka Aik Naya Safar Novel By Farhat Ishtiaq — Urdu Readings](https://urdureadings.com/wo-yaqeen-ka-aik-naya-safar-by-farhat-ishtiaq/)
4. [Yaqeen Ka Safar — TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/41795/yaqeen-ka-safar)
5. [Yakeen Ka Safar will star Sajal Aly and Ahad Raza Mir — The News](https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/199105-Yakeen-Ka-Safar-will-star-Sajal-Aly-and-Ahad-Raza-Mir)
6. [Yakeen Ka Safar (2017) — IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10742828/)
7. [Yaqeen Ka Safar — Ahad Raza Mir, Sajal Aly | Hum TV (2017) — humaradrama.com](https://humaradrama.com/drama/yaqeen-ka-safar)
8. [Yaqeen Ka Safar — yoda.wiki](https://www.yoda.wiki/wiki/Yaqeen_Ka_Safar)
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