Qaid-e-Tanhai is a Pakistani

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 drama serial that aired on Hum TV

Hum TV

Hum TV is a 24-hour Pakistani entertainment TV channel based in Karachi. It is the first brand of Eye Television Network Limited, Pakistan. Hum TV began its transmission on January 17, 2005.-Serials:* Manay Na Ye Dil * Akhri Barish...

. It is written by Umaira Ahmed

Umaira Ahmed

Umaira Ahmad , born on December 10,1976 in Sialkot, Pakistan, is an Muhajir, Urdu-speaking author and screenwriter. She is best known for authoring the book Pir-e-Kamil and the TV serial Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan which won a Lux Style Award....

 and Directed by Babar Javed.

Plot and Concept

A tale of solitary souls, Qaed-e-Tanhai is the story of Aisha and Moiz, a young couple beset by financial problems owing to which Moiz opts to emigrate to England. He stays there for several years leaving Aisha to face trials and tribulations with her in-laws and to raise their young daughter. She is further burdened by the knowledge that Moiz has a girlfriend there. In retaliation she deliberately starts taking an interest in Jawad, her sister in law's fiancé, who also happens to be Moiz's friend. Four years of loneliness compel Aisha to ask Moiz for a divorce so that she can marry Jawad. But before she can carry-out this plan her mother-in-law hears her telephonic conversation with Jawad and informs Moiz. Moiz returns to a heart-breaking reality.

Cast

• Savera Nadeem
  Savera Nadeem
  Savera Nadeem is a television artist and presenter from Pakistan.Her first drama was Kiran which was telecast in 1994-95 on Pakistan Television. She is notable for playing the lead role in Pakistan Television drama serial Inkaar, meant to increase social awareness against narcotics...
  
   as Aisha
• Faisal Qureshi
  Faisal Qureshi (actor)
  Faisal Qureshi pronounced , also spelled Faysal, is a Pakistani television actor and veteran film actor.Qureshi is known as one of the most versatile actors in Pakistan, playing characters old and young, delinquent and religious, blind and deaf. He has stated that "I just want to make my country...
  
   as Moiz
• Saba Hameed
  Saba hameed
  Saba Hameed , is a renowned and beloved female Pakistani television actress. Saba was born in Lahore.- Family :She has three sisters and one brother. She is the daughter of noted columnist and writer Hamid Akhtar...
  
   as Amma
• Sunita Marshall as Anila
• Jibran Syed as Jawad
• Neelum Muneer as Noor