First thing is first, I was wrong in thinking that Rashid and Maya had actually gotten married, apparently all of it was dikhawa after all…so thank God for that! But that also makes me wonder why Rashid gifted Maya the diamond set and why exactly was he planning a honeymoon on the phone! The story moved further today with Maya finding out that Rashid is involved in human trafficking. I clearly remember Rashid falling for Maya and telling his mother he would do anything to marry her. But at some point he decided to sell her and told her about it in today’s episode.

Rashid is just plain disgusting and the director has gone out of his way to prove it. The scene where Rashid goes to Maya’s room (because she forgot to lock the door!!!) and “sniffs” her hair reminded me of a horror movie I saw recently where the “scary character” sniffs his victims’ before eating them. The scene where Maya hits Rashid so that she can make her way out of the house was also very unnatural, there is no way that a little girl like her can take over a man like Rashid. The mirror scene, on the other hand was handled very nicely.

The part where the Police call Zarmina to identify the corpse was very disturbing and Neelam totally outdid herself later on in the car when she cried. It really made me think for a minute what such victims’ families must go through. Shahzib may have threatened Attiya of dire consequences if she ever tried to harm any of his daughters in any way but Attiya is still in that house and not much has been done to punish her. Even after she finds out that Maya was with Rashid, she asks him to kill her!

I am really hoping that Maya reaches her house safely and the rest of the story is not about Maya getting further into trouble.

Fatima Awan.