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Qazi Wajid
Pakistani actor (1944–2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Qazi Wajid (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.[1][2][3]
His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Kiran Kahani, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.[4]
After 25 years on radio, he became a television actor in 1966, and was awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan.[5]
In a career spanning more than 65 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."[6]
He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.
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Personal life
He was born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari in 1930 in Gwalior state in British India.[1]
His family, including five siblings (three brothers and two sisters), moved to Pakistan after the partition in 1947.[7][8]
Early career
He began his career by joining Radio Pakistan as a child artiste in 1949.[9]
Selected filmography
Death
Qazi Wajid died of a heart attack on 11 February 2018, in Karachi.[11][12] He was 87 years old.[9][13][14]
See also
Awards
- Pride of Performance Awards[15] – (1988) from the Government of Pakistan.
References
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