Guys I finally I figure it out why Meerab is lying about the pregnancy. REVENGE.
She cannot lie because she is scared of the truth or she is a coward. But she is capable of lying to extract justice that is owed to her. How immeasurable is the damage they did to her that she has compromised on her principles to get her pound of flesh. This is also a reflection of how deep rooted her fury and her pain is and what little love she has left for this deceitful family.
If you have any respect or concern for your elders/parents would you do this to them, watch them build dreams and plans in air over a fake baby. She doesn't give 2 shits they will get hurt, she wants to wound them. 'Ab mei sab ko ruloungi' was never about hurting Murtasim it was always about the real backstabbers. This fake pregnancy gave her the perfect opportunity to make good deal on that promise.
Murtasim loves his mother and family how can he lie and hurt them. He wanted to tell the truth, but Meerab stopped him. But ultimately for him no one is more important than his beloved, not his mother not the world no one, what Meerab wants Meerab gets. And for her sake he too compromised himself. When you want revenge you must dig two graves, Meerab knows this and she is willing to bury herself to get justice. Murtasim has dug a third grave for himself, even in deceit he will not abandon her. He will not let her fall on that sword alone they will fall together. You jump I jump Jack.
Even Meerab herself can't get in the way of Murtasim protecting her, so why is he letting her do this. This is the first time he has stepped aside knowing she is going to get hurt. The insults she might face consequence of this lie is not more important than the betrayal she faced. When she dumped water on his lap to stop him he realized how far she was willing to go, and there was no use stopping her. Murtasim knows that her inability to move forward in this marriage is tied to her wrath against the family, he has to let her punch herself out, otherwise she will never move on. He will never let her do this to herself if he didn't genuinely believe that this is ultimately for her own good.
It is finally not me against them, it is us against them. In a strange way it is comforting for Murtasim to know that they are finally a team, even if it is over a lie what matters is it is the two of them against the world. He is the muscle to her activism, the punisher to her justice, the sword behind her words.
She wants to show her traitorous family the mirror what does it feel like to be lied to, have your faith destroyed, to be deceived by the one you trust, and your dreams crushed cruelly. What she did to them is not even 10% of the torment they inflicted on her, but something is better than nothing. I hope she throws it back in their faces, they have no right to accuse her of anything. You gooooooooooo girl stick it to them. Murtasim proud of her, even when she is in the wrong she is right. Meerab has fallen off no pedestal she will always be his queen who is brave, fierce, stands for the truth against all odds. The biggest truth is she owes her scum bag family nothing, least of all her honesty when they didn't believe she deserved the same right.
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