Qazi Wajid


Qazi Wajid was a Pakistani actor. His works include Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Mehndi, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi. 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 in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV."

Personal life

Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace is the Gwalior state and the year is 1930, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews. His family, including five siblings, moved to Pakistan after the partition of 1947.

Career

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

Death

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