[3] The story's protagonist, Imama Hashim, belongs to an influential Ahmadiyya Muslim family living in Islamabad.

She attends her senior Shabiha's lectures in secrecy from her family and her roommates, Javeria and Rabia.

While studying at a medical school in Lahore, she falls in love with her friend Zainab's elder brother, Dr. Jalal Ansar.

After a near death experience at Margalla Hills, he promises to correct his mistakes and walk on the right path.

Unable to find Imama, he then works for United Nations for some time before permanently settling in Lahore.