Draft:Nadaan

The story is about the residents of Jam Nagar, Karachi, where most of the people are illiterate and believe in superstitions. SHO Haider gets transferred a few months back. One night he wakes up in the night seeing a dream from his past experience. Presently he is called in the police station for interrogation making him recall the incident of his first meeting with Dr. Tabeer, a doctor at Roshni Civil Hospital. The hospital is restarted by Dr. Osama's father - MPA Bashara Kapadia, was a ragman earlier and now a politician. Dr. Tabeer, the daughter of a van driver Aslam, is a friend of Dr. Osama, and helped him to re-establish the hospital for service the people.The story also shows the dark side of the streets, where Pir Subhan is a local, who claims to be treating patients with prayers. His wife is an educated woman, but after marriage, she has dedicated herself to serving her husband. Pir Subhan instructs people to not to go to the hospital, as doctors can't treat the patients. His assistant - Tayyab is involved in bad habits and is providing drugs to the locals in the name of medicine.

Dr. Tabeer finds out this where one of the girl - Mehtab from her neighbouring street comes to get treated from her and shares the medicine she takes. Dr. Tabeer gets the medicine tested and finds that the girl consumes drugs. She goes to the police station and gets a complaint registered. SHO Haider invesigates the matter and concludes that Tayyab is the culprit, who is supplying drugs in the city and has a wide network. Haider seeks permission from DSP Mushtaq and arrest Tayyab. Pir Subhan gets to know about Tayyab's arrest and goes to the police station, where SHO Haider informs him that Tayyab has been caught in a drug supplying case and his name will also be tarnished, if he tries to rescue him. However, MPA Kapadia talks to DSP Mushtaq and gets Tayyab out of lock-up. MPA asks Tayyab to join hands with him to return his favour and stop giving service to Pir Subhan, but Tayyab doesn't agree to this. Pir Subhan asks his wife to call his nephew - Kamar, as he is young and educated person, who can help in improving Pir's image in front of the public, after his insult due to Tayyab's arrest. Meanwhile, Mehtab's health deteriorates and is admitted in Roshni hospital by her mother against the willingness of her father, how believes that only Pir Subhan can cure her daughter, and her takes her back. The next day, Pir's wife ask Tayyab to bring medicine for Pir Sahab, where he gets in an altercation with Dr. Tabeer in market and intimidates her that he will revenge her.

Tayyab goes back to Pir's home and lies to him that Tabeer told him that she won't let the Pir Sahab rule the place and will ensure that people seek hospital's medical facilities instead of going to Pir Sahab to get treatment or medicine. Pir Sahab sees this as a threat to his ongoing business of using people's trust and calls Tabeer's father to make him understand that his daughter should leave the area soon. Mehtab's health deteriorates and she is admitted to the hospital. Due to consumption of drugs from long time, she suffers multiple organs failure and succumbs to it. Pir Sahab declares his successor to be Kamar, his wife's nephew, who is qualified. Pir Subhan also calls MPA Kapadia and tells him that he wants to make Kamar stand in elections, as a representative of the younger generation and make him the MPA of the area; where MPA Kapadia says that his son - Osama will be the next candidature from his end.

On the day of public announcement, Tayyab annoyed of the fact that he wasn't chosen as the successor, adds poison to Pir's medicine. Pir Sahab takes the medicine before making the announcement publicly about Kamar being next MPA candidate. Pir Subhan dies before reaching the hospital; Dr. Tabeer declares him dead after checking him, but Tayyab makes a ruckus that Pir Sahab should be treated and Dr. Tabeer is an enemy of Pir. On the other hand, Osama takes Pir's deadbody and puts him on the ventilator; he talks to his dad - MPA Kapadia where his dad says that the news of Pir Sahab's death should not be broken out until police arrives to safeguard him. Amongst the followers and disciples of Pir, Tayyab says that Dr. Tabeer was not ready to take the case and she will kill Pir Sahab, this inwakes rage in the public where they come to the hospital to mob lynch Dr. Tabeer. The news of Pir Subhan's death is finally shared to his wife and Kamar, who then shares it with the followers. Seeing the uncontrolled situation, SHO Haider talks to DSP Mushtaq, and DSP suggests him to arrest Dr. Tabeer, as this is the only way to save her from mob.

SHO Haider keeps Dr. Tabeer in his protective custody, but the mob attacks her home, where her father gets injured. On the other hand, Dr. Osama comes to meet Dr. Tabeer in the police station and asks her to sign the letter that says - Dr. Tabeer was on duty and is responsible for the death of Pir Subhan. He wants to get this letter signed, because Pir's followers and disciples are not allowing him to open the hospital. SHO Haider guides Dr. Tabeer to not to sign on the letter, else she will be held responsible for everything. SHO Haider also takes Dr. Tabeer's parents to a safe place to live and gives them police security. When the matter cools down, Dr. Tabeer was asked to release from the police custody, but Kamar files an FIR against Dr. Tabeer to get the matter investigated. During this stay of Dr. Tabeer in the lock-up, Haider tells her about the encounter he did that still haunts him in his dream. Kamar gets the medicine that was consumed by Pir Subhan, as the medicines differed to what he had everyday; Pir Subhan's wife asks Kamar to get the medicine lab tested.

Pir Subhan's driver, who drove him and Tayyab to the hospital is missing since the day. Kamar seeks help from SHO Haider to find the driver, as he can share the details. The lab tests of the medicine was done and SHO Haider gets to know through Dr. Osama that the medicine had poison; SHO shares this news with Kamar as well. The driver was also found, who confirmed that Tayyab gave the medicine to Pir Subhan and he was declared dead when taken to the hospital. Kamar calls the press conference to make the people aware about it. Meanwhile, Dr. Tabeer's lawyer asks for the postmortem of Pir Subhan after the burial, that makes the followers furious, who attack the police station to get Dr. Tabeer. SHO Haider somehow tries to take Dr. Tabeer to a safe place, but Tayyab sees them and follows them. Simultaneous, Kamar holds the press conference where he reveals that Tayyab is the culprit.

SHO Haider takes Dr. Tabeer to an old building. Tayyab follows them and asks SHO Haider to give Dr. Tabeer to him. Tayyab was shot in the leg by SHO and police arrives on the spot when his colleagues try to escape the scene. However, being a doctor, Tabeer asks the policemen to take Tayyab to the hospital for the treatment. Pir Subhan's followers gather outside the hospital, this time they want to avenge Tayyab for Pir Sahab's death. Pir Sahab's wife asks the followers to stay calm and let the police do the duty, as Tayyab should be punished by the law. Tayyab is taken to the police station after this. Dr. Osama tells his dad - MPA Kapadia that he is not interested in politics and want to serve the people like the way he did.

Present day - SHO Haider was called as he deserved a promotion for his bravery as per DSP Mushtaq's recommendation. Pir Subhan's wife started teaching young girls at her home. A rehabilitation ward is set up at Roshni Civil Hospital to treat the drug addicts and save their lives. Dr. Tabeer takes care of the patients to save their lives. Kamar has become the new MPA in the area. The senior policemen were impressed by SHO Haider's work to reduce the supply of drugs in Jam Nagar and want to promote him. SHO Haider says that he wants to serve the people of Jam Nagar, as he succeed in some of his efforts, but there are still many things to be worked upon. Once SHO Haider comes out of the police station, Dr. Tabeer, who was waiting for him asks - how was it? To this, SHO Haider smiling said - He passed it; and they walk together.

• Ahmed Ali Akbar as SHO Haider Khan
• Ramsha Khan^[2] as Doctor Tabeer Aslam
• Hammad Shoaib as Doctor Osama
• Tahir Jatoi as Pir Subhan
• Kashif Hussain as Tayyab : Pir Subhan's right hand
• Sajid Shah as MPA Bashara Kapadia : Dr. Osama's father and politician
• Farah Nadeem as Dr. Tabeer's mother
• Ali Gul Mallah as Inspector Sami : policeman assisting SHO Haider
• Ahmed Randhawa as DSP Mushtaq Hussain

It focuses on themes such as drug addiction, mob mentality, the repercussions of misinformation through fake images,^[4] mob violence, and the peoples of the underprivileged areas who falls prey of the elements who claim to provide treatment through prayers and amulet.^[5]

The series was originally intended to title as "Banay Hum Nadaan Kyun?".^[5] It marked director Mehreen Jabbar's foray to serious societal issues, departing away from themes such as family, relationships, and marriage.^[4]

The first of the drama was very positively received by the spectators.^[6] The opening episode gave a glimpse of the situation and people were intrigued to see what happens next.^[7] The drama was able to get the needed attention and kept the audience hooked through the brilliant performances of everyone.^[8][9] All the episodes of the drama were well written and kept the interests of the audience intact. Ahmed Ali Akbar and Ramsha Khan's performances were highly appreciated along with the roles of the supporting cast by the critics, making the plot and the story relatable.^[10] People loved the ending of the mini-series.^[11][12]

Gaitee Ara Siddiqi of The News International noted the several issues portrayed in the series stating that the series "had an engaging beginning".^[13]