Veteran actor Abid Ali passes away
Last updated on: 04 September,2019 08:38 am
Iconic Pakistani actor, director and producer Abid Ali died in Karachi on Tuesday at age 67.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Veteran Pakistani actor, director and producer Abid Ali breathed his last at a private clinic in Karachi on Tuesday night, Dunya News reported.
Abid Ali was suffering from severe liver problems and was extremely unwell for the past two months. The 67-year-old actor was admitted to a private hospital on Friday where he died on Tuesday.
Abid Ali had acted in numerous television and film productions in Pakistan but was best known for his role as Dilawar in the PTV classic drama Waris (1979).
Abid Ali was attracted to the arts from early age, writing stories and painting in his childhood and teenage years, and first entered Radio Pakistan before going to Lahore after some struggle and launching his successful TV career with PTV s drama serial Jhok Sial in 1973.
He launched himself as a director and producer with the 1993-hit drama Dasht, also the first private production for Pakistan, while the same year, for PTV this time, he directed the drama Doosra Aasman, the first drama shot abroad, followed by other projects for many channels, including Saheli in 2007, or Massi aur Malka, a family based-drama, in 2009, usually acting in these serials as well.
Abid Ali, the prestigious award-winning actor who touched the heights of fame in television, was born in 1952 in Quetta. He was 67 years old and left behind three daughters including model/actor Iman Ali and singer Rahma Ali.