In weeks marked by heartbreak and uncomfortable questions surrounding the death of actress and model Humaira Asghar Ali, Durefishan Saleem is creating a space for reflection. Posting a photo of herself with a long caption, the Ishq Murshid star shared, “Been thinking about life a lot lately. Not in terms of big dreams or loud success, but in the small, quiet moments that actually make life feel real.” She continued, “We spend so much time waiting for the big break, the perfect timing, the ‘it’ things. But life doesn’t wait. It’s not in the ‘when’. It’s in the now.”

Her post follows days of intense, often insensitive public commentary after the news broke that Ali’s decomposed body was discovered in her Karachi apartment, months after her passing, during a court-ordered eviction. Saleem, in her post, offered a prayer for herself and everyone. “And death, as heavy as the word is, doesn’t come with notice,” she wrote. “It can slip in while you’re asleep, while you’re eating your favourite meal, hugging someone you love, or even on an ordinary day, playing a game you thought you’d finish. I pray, with all my heart, that whenever it comes, for me or anyone, it doesn’t come in silence. Not in loneliness. Not in an empty room. But with love in the air. With familiar hands nearby. With someone who truly knew your heart."