"Qayamat is a story of a young and beautiful girl whose life decisions are dominated by those around her. Eventually, all hell breaks loose when the people closest to her repeatedly make the same mistake making her future bleak. Ifrah along with her parents and elder sister Samra belongs to the lower middle class and believes in hard work and honesty. Ifrah and Samra’s parents are put in a tough spot when Ifrah’s uncle Mukhtar asks for Samra’s hand in marriage for his son Rashid. The families agree to the proposal without taking Samra’s approval however soon after marriage Samra suffers mistreatment from Rashid until she meets a tragic incident leaving Ifrah to face the dire consequences."

After Samra's marriage to Rashid, she receives hatred from Rashid and Nargis. She becomes a victim of domestic violence but stays quiet. She eventually becomes pregnant. One day, Rashid pushes Samra and she falls. She is rushed to the hospital and delivers a girl and dies. Rashid accidentally "kills" Pari. Rashid's family decides to get him married to Ifrah. Ifrah disagrees. Jawad sees that his niece needs a mother and begs her to marry his brother. Jawad sacrifices his love and eventually, Ifrah agrees. Ifrah's parents repeat their mistake of marrying off their daughter to Rashid, who is known to have subjected their eldest daughter to frequent domestic abuse. Knowing the main culprit behind her sister's demise, Ifrah decides that if she's destined to marry Samra's abuser, then there must be vengeance.

Ifrah's father, Fayaz, becomes stressed with all the drama and tension and decides to become a derwesh and leaves for the city of Multan where he will soon encounter a young man named Farhad.