Wajid Qazi ( ur, ) (26 May 1930– 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani

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. His works include '' Shama'', ''

Tanhaiyaan ''Tanhaiyaan'' ( ur, , English: The loneliness) is a 1985 Pakistani drama serial which is now considered a cult classic. ''Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay'' telecast in 2012 is the sequel of 27-year-old serial ''Tanhaiyaan''. The drama serial was dire ...

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Dhoop Kinare ''Dhoop Kinare'' ( ur, , lit=at the edge of sunshine) is a Pakistani television series broadcast on PTV in 1987 and is now considered as one of the all time favourite tv shows in Pakistan. The show centers on a team of doctors in a hospital in ...

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Chand Grehan Chand Grehan ( ur, , lit=Lunar Eclipse) is a 1995 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and directed by Taj Dar Alam. Synopsis The story is about political dictionary and social status difference it follows Shehrbano (Huma) ...

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Zair, Zabar, Pesh Zair, Zabar, Pesh ( ur, , lit=Topsy-Turvy) is a 1974 Pakistani television series written by Haseena Moin and directed by Ishrat Ansari and produced by Shireen Khan and Zaheer Khan. Synopsis The story is about Sabeen ( Roohi) and Khadim (Shakee ...

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Hawain Hawain () is a 1997 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and directed by Haider Imran Rizvi. It was the debut serial of Komal Rizvi. Synopsis The story revolves around (Ghazala) Shehnaz a teacher and her daughters (Huma) S ...

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Mehndi Mehndi () is a form of body art and temporary skin decoration from the Indian subcontinent usually drawn on hands or legs. They are decorative designs that are created on a person's body, using a paste, created from the powdered dry leaves of ...

'', '' Afshan'', '' Khuda Ki Basti'' and ''

Ankahi ''Ankahi'' ( ur, , lit=Unsaid) is an Urdu television drama serial broadcast by PTV in 1982 as is now considered as a cult-classic. It was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The drama serial featured an ense ...

''. He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018. After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor, joining television in 1966, and for his contributions in the field, he was eventually awarded the

Pride of Performance Award The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...

in 1988 by the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...

. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for

Radio Pakistan Radio Pakistan serves as the national public broadcaster for radio in Pakistan. Although some local stations predate Radio Pakistan's founding, it is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Pakistan. The network was established on 14 August ...

since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."

Personal life

Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace is the

Gwalior state Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) ...

and the year is 1930, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews.Omair Alavi (12 February 2018)
"OBITUARY: QAZI WAJID'S LAST ACT SADDENS FANS"
''Dawn News''. Retrieved 19 March 2019. His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition of 1947.

Career

He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1956.

Selected filmography

Death

Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on February 11, 2018, in Karachi. He was 87 years old. See also: *

List of Lollywood actors Lists of Pakistani actors are split by gender. * List of Pakistani actresses * List of Pakistani male actors This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani male film and television actors: A * Aagha Ali * Abdullah Ejaz * Abdullah Kad ...

Awards

* Pride of Performance Awards"Nation mourns Qazi Wajid's death"
(11 February 2018), ''The Express Tribune''. – (1988) from the

References

1944 births 2018 deaths Pakistani male television actors Pakistani radio personalities Muhajir people People from Gwalior {{Pakistan-actor-stub