Zara Yaad Kar (Urdu: ذرا یاد کر‎) is a 2016 Pakistani drama serial aired on Hum TV that debuted on March 15, 2016. It is directed and produced by Amna Nawaz Khan under her production company and written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. It stars Zahid Ahmed, Yumna Zaidi and Sana Javed.[1][2]

Plot
The story revolves around Hadi (Zahid Ahmed) and Mahnoor (Sana Javed), who are first cousins and are engaged to be married (Nikkah). Hadi is a simple man, with a limited earning but earnestly in love with Mahnoor. He lives in a rented room in a house owned by Ikhtiar Ali (Rashid Farooqui). Ikhtiar and his college-going daughter Uzma (Yumna Zaidi) both hold Hadi in high regard due to his impeccable character and calm demeanor. Uzma, who is unaware that Hadi is engaged, is drawn to him due to his likeable nature. She ends up writing a letter to Hadi confessing her crush on him. Hadi gently rebukes her, letting her know that he is engaged and deeply in love with Mahnoor. He shows the letter to Mahnoor thinking that he should not hide anything from his wife-to-be.

Mahnoor on the other hand is not as emotionally invested in the relationship as Hadi. Her greedy side emerges when she meets her new neighbour Waqar who teaches Urdu. Mahnoor finds Waqar wealthier and more attractive than Hadi. Her greed leads to her asking Hadi for divorce so that she can marry Waqar. Her selfish act creates a rift between her and her mother Aneesa (Saba Faisal) and leaves Hadi heart-broken. Although deeply hurt, Hadi agrees to divorce Mahnoor as he believes Mahnoor's feelings for Waqar to be genuine. He agrees to the divorce in order to preserve his own self-respect and letting go the woman who doesn't love him.

Mahnoor asks Waqar to marry her on the same day that she gets divorce from Hadi, to which Waqar tacitly agrees. However, unbeknownst to Mahnoor, Waqar has been hired to teach Urdu to Geeti (Sharmeen), who is the daughter of a renowned politician. Geeti has recently returned from USA to contest upcoming elections from the town to which Waqar belongs. Waqar silently leaves the apartment he had rented in the same building as Mahnoor on the same day that she gets divorce from Hadi. This leaves Mahnoor befuddled but still hopeful that Waqar would return some day and marry her.

While learning Urdu from Waqar, Geeti starts to get attracted to him. He accompanies her on her campaign tours, which allows them to spend more and more time together, strengthening her feeling for him. Eventually, Geeti confesses her feelings to Waqar, who feels elated to have won the heart of a powerful politician's daughter. Aneesa, concerned about the future of her daughter, manages to find Waqar's whereabouts and hands them over to Mahnoor so that she can find out his plans. Mahnoor, ecstatic at finally having received Waqar's whereabouts, calls him. Waqar acts innocent about his sudden departure, hints at being in some sort of trouble and promises to meet Mahnoor after a couple of months after he has had the chance to settle the matters he is involved with.

Waqar's response makes Mahnoor suspicious and she seemingly grows repentant for her behaviour towards Hadi. She tries to apologize to Hadi without her mother's knowledge in order to move towards a possible reconciliation. However, Hadi does not forgive her immediately, still nursing his hurt self-respect. Mahnoor grows desperate and asks Hadi to re-marry her, in blatant violation of religious and social norms. Mahnoor's act leaves Hadi even more heart-broken because he sees Mahnoor taking marriage, commitment, love and relationships so lightly. He starts to wonder whether he is ready to suffer another heart-break by re-marrying Mahnoor, despite still loving her to his core.

Cast
Zahid Ahmed as Hadi
Yumna Zaidi as Uzma/Falsa
Sana Javed as Mahnoor
Yasir Mazher as Waqar
Shermeen Ali as Geeti
Adnan Jilani
Inshal Shah
Rashid Farooqui as Ikhtiar Ali (Uzma's father)
Saba Faisal as Aneesa Begum (Mahnoor's mother)
Murad Jahanzaib as Umer-Din (Waqar's domestic help & servant)
Fouzia Mushtaq as Hadi's new house's owner