Ishq Murshid
Title Card
Urdu	عشق مرشد
Genre	Romantic Drama Social
Developed by	Momina Duraid
Written by	Abdul Khaliq Khan
Story by	Abdul Khaliq Khan
Directed by	Farooq Rind
Creative director	Momina Duraid
Starring	Bilal Abbas Khan Dur-e-Fishan Saleem
Opening theme	"Ishq Murshid Mera" by Ahmed Jahanzeb
Ending theme	"Ishq Murshid mera" by Ahmed Jahanzeb
Composer	Ahmed Jahanzeb
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producer	Moomal Shunaid
Producer	MD Productions
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup 1080p
Running time	39 minutes
Production companies	Moomal Entertainment MD Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	8 October 2023 (2023-10-08) – present (present)

Ishq Murshid (transl. Love Guide) is a Romantic, light-hearted Pakistani television series directed by Farooq Rind, and produced by Moomal Entertainment and MD Productions. It stars Bilal Abbas Khan and Dur-e-Fishan Saleem in lead roles. It premiered on 8 October 2023 on Hum TV.

Ishq Murshid unfolds a compelling romantic story revolving around the two main characters, Shahmeer Sikandar and Shibra Salman. Shibra is a headstrong, intelligent and self-less girl, unwavering in her principals and deeply cherishing her family values. Hailing from a modest middle-class background, she remains unswayed by material wealth or social status.

Shahmeer emerges as an enigmatic, yielding figure of affluence, having pursued his education abroad in the UK. He is from a wealthy family, however, his mother had died in his childhood leaving him with that everlasting scar, and is conflicted with his father, Dawood. His mother, Zubaida, was supposedly sick in her last remaining moments and had a caretaker hired for her, Farah. Her husband and the caretaker had an affair, and the day Zubaida found this out, she passed away. The caretaker then married Shahmeer's father, and this, Shahmeer refuses to let go of.

When attending his best friends wedding, Faraz, he meets Shibra, demanding her change from a driver. Enthralled by her confidence and alluring personality, Shahmeer finds himself drawn to her in an instant. Shibra is also there attending her best friends wedding, Maliha.

On the wedding night of Faraz and Maliha, Shahmeer crashes into their room, and in a comedic sequence, implores to know more about Shibra by Maliha. This begins the ultimate plan between the three to get Shibra to marry Shahmeer, despite Maliha knowing Shibra's loathing for opulence and corruption. She insists on only marrying who her father chooses.

Meanwhile, Shibra's sister (Sukaina) is upset as she has been married with her cousin, Zohaib, for 3 years now, but because of his family's greedy demands, his mother refuses to take her in as his wife.

Shahmeer embarks on a perfect scheme to capture Shibra's heart, which involves disguising himself as a poor man and starting anew. This means securing employment at Shibra's father's office, transforming into the puzzled and sweet Fazal Bakhsh.

Fazal Bakhsh, in the guise of acquainting with Shibra and her family members, bribes the boy who delivers lunch to Shibra's father and takes up the work of collecting lunch from Shibra's home and delivering it to her father every day.

• Bilal Abbas Khan as Shahmeer Sikandar and Fazal Bakhsh
• Ali Gul Mallah as Fazal Bakhsh
• Dur-e-Fishan Saleem as Shibra Salman
• Omair Rana as Dawood- Shahmeer's father
• Zarmeena Ikram as Farah
• Hira Tareen as Mehreen
• Samiya Mumtaz as Zubaida Sikandar-Shahmeer's mother
• Adnan Jaffar as Haroon
• Salma Hassan as Safia- shibra & Sukaina's mother
• Awais Sulaman as Faraz-Maliha's Husband
• Shabbir Jan as Faraz's father
• Noor ul Hassan as Salman -Shibra & Sukaina's Father
• Rabia Noreen as Nargis-Zohaib's Mother
• Hafsa Ehsan Abbasi as Sukaina,Shibra's Sister
• Sajjad Paul as Zohaib
• Srha Asghar as Maliha
• Sajid Shah as Safdar

The original soundtrack ‘Ishq Murshid Mera’ was released in August 2023. It's music was performed by Ahmed Jahanzeb and lyrics were by Sabir Zafar.

On 10 March 2023, Bilal Abbas Khan revelaed about his upcoming project through his Instagram account, in which he will be paired opposite Dur-e-Fishan Saleem.^[1] Hum TV revealed the look of the actors on 7 June.^[2] The first look of the lead actors from the series was revealed on 23 May.^[3] The first and second teasers were released on 5 August 2023.^[4]

The series quickly gained a massive online with praises pouring in for Bilal Abbas Khan double role portrayal and the chemistry between the lead pair. Episode 10 became the highest rated episode of HUM TV garnering a trp of 16.5. The record was previously held by ISPR drama Ehd-e-wafa.