1. Farah Nadeem
Farah Nadeem is a Pakistani actress, who was born on June 3 in Karachi, Pakistan. Acting was in her genes and she has been following the footsteps of her family members who are also part of the same industry such as Sultana Siddiqui, a Pakistani TV producer and director and Mahnoor Baloch, a model, actress and film director.
She made her debut in the year 1998 after she was cast on PTV’s drama serial, Kashish. Farah was introduced by director Kazim Pasha to the television. After that, she appeared in several PTV dramas like Tipu Sultan and Sham Se Pehle in year 1999 and Who Kaun Hai in the year 2000. She gained many awards for her performance in Tipu Sultan and Sham Se Pehle and even though, she was usually cast in a supporting role, she was able to impress the audiences by her brilliancy and dedication to perform.
When the private entertainment channels started to launch in Pakistan, she was seen in a number of television dramas, which gained her immense popularity among the viewers. Farah has done the family drama serial Dil, Diya, Dehleez on Hum TV in the year 2006, following by an appearance on Geo TV’s Masi Aur Malika. She was also seen on Geo TV’s Chaar Chaand, ‘Who Rishtey, Who Naatey’ and Teray Anay Ke Baad; PTV’s Pani Pe Panah; ARY Digital’s Dil Ke Afsanay and Manzil and APlus’ Dard Ashna. In year 2007, Farah appeared in a TV movie entitled Women’s Freedom as the wife of Aslam Sheikh’s character. In 2013, she played a motherly role on Hum TV’s Tanhai and on Geo TV’s Rukhsaar. Recently, she was featured on ARY Digital’s Qismat, helmed by Shahid Younus and Aamir Yousuf’s Aitraz. In 2014, Farah was also featured in Kamran Akbar Khan’s Dil Ka Darwaza, aired on Hum TV. This year, the actress was also cast on TV One’s Zara si Bhool, helmed by Atif Rathore.
...2. Anoushay Abbasi
Anoushay Abbasi is a Pakistani model and television actress. She was born in Lahore on November 24, 1993. She comes from a family of artists. She is the youngest of two siblings, with a sister and a brother. Her sister, Javeria Abbasi, is an actress, and her brother, Shamoon Abbasi, is an actor. Anoushay Abbasi started her showbiz career as a Video Jockey on MTV Pakistan, Aag TV, Geo TV, and other channels. In a matter of days, she had become a youth sensation. She began to receive acting opportunities during her successful stint as a VJ, which she accepted.
...3. Afshan Qureshi
Afshan Qureshi is a Pakistani film star. She started her journey to stardom about three decades ago, which makes her one of the eldest members of the Pakistani film industry. The actress is also the mother of Faisal Qureshi, who’s a very famous and loved actor of Pakistan.
...4. Yasra Rizvi
Yasra Rizvi is a 33-year-old Pakistani actress and writer. Born on 15 th November 1982, this beauty from Islamabad has been a part of both films and plays but is mainly recognized by her work in various serial dramas aired on television.
...5. Maria Wasti
Maria Wasti, born on 14th August 1971, is a Pakistani Television & Film actress and host. Pakistan’s first private (non-government owned) channel launched in the 1990s, Network Television Marketing, featured contents that grasped attention and interests of the younger generation of the society, and hence, fascinated Maria to become an actress. Maria has done over 50 serials and a huge number of assorted plays. She started her career with the play ‘Sarah Aur Ammara’ for which she was approached by Bakhtiar Ahmed, the programme manager PTV Lahore Centre.
...6. Faiq Khan
Faiq Khan is a Pakistani actor, model host, and voice-over artist. He was born on 14th July 1981 in Karachi, Pakistan. He received his early education in Karachi and completed his Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university in Karachi. He also did a Diploma - in Film and Television Production from the Pimlico Arts and Media College, London. He is married to Sania Effendi and has two children. He made his debut in the film field from PTV and got the chance to become a host, model, and actor. He was also a voice-over artist in the drama serial Manahil aur Khalil on Express Entertainment.
...7. Sohail Asghar
Sohail Asghar is one of the oldest actors in today’s Pakistani cinema. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan to a Muslim orthodox family. He completed his education from his hometown and joined Radio Pakistan. He served as a Radio Jockey from 1978 to 1988 and started to take part in local theatre shows. During this time he developed liking for acting. He left his job at the Radio station and worked at carpet business of his cousin. After one year he left the business and again joined Radio in Lahore. During his course as RJ he got noticed by Nusrat Thakur a Director at PTV Lahore. He was signed for play Raat though he didn’t had the lead role, his acting skills were noticed by industry. He then did the play Khwaish for which he was highly appreciated. His other notable dramas include Laag, Piyas, Chand Grehn, Kajal Ghar.
He made his movie debut with the movie ‘Murad’ in year 2003. He played role of ‘Saima’ who adopts a child ‘Murad’. The story revolved around her being rejected by the society and how he raises his son. His role in this movie bagged him award for Outstanding Performance at The 1st Indus Drama Awards.
After his debut he starred in ‘Mahnoor’ in year 2004, which is a movie about a dancer from prostitute market. His last movie was ‘Victim of an Honor Killing’ which is a British movie about honor killings, as the name suggests.
Asghar’s old age is not stopping him from acting and he is still working on projects.
...8. Babar Javed
Babar Javed is a Pakistani film director and producer. He has served as a producer and directer of worldwide famous such as Qaid-e-Tanhai, Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan, Main Abdul Qadir Hoon, Mera Saaein, Bashar Momin, Aasmanon Pay Likha, Mor Mahal and much more. All these series were under his own production house A&B Entertainment. The production house is co-owned by actor Asif Raza Mir, who has now turned into a filmmaker and along with Javed even he keeps his interest in the direction of the series to put a good story in front of the audience. Javed has been honored with eight Lux Style Awards for his work as a director and producer. Recently in 2016, he was awarded his first ARY Film Award nomination for producing Manto a biopic in 2015.
...9. Asif Raza Mir
Asif Raza Mir is a producer and actor in the Pakistani film and television industry. He also simultaneously acted in some Hindi movies. He was born on the 26th of September 1959 in Karachi, Pakistan. His father Raza Mir was a movie director and cinematographer for the first-ever Pakistani film “Teri Yaad” (1948). Asif's wife is Samra Raza Mir.
...10. Shahzad Raza