Qazi Wajid

Qazi Wajid
قاضی واجد
Born
Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari

(1930-05-26)26 May 1930
Died11 February 2018(2018-02-11) (aged 87)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
OccupationActor
Years active1956–2018
ChildrenUnaiza Qazi

Qazi Wajid (Urdu: قاضی واجد) (26 May 1930 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor.

His works include Shama, Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Chand Grehan, Zair, Zabar, Pesh, Hawain, Mehndi, Afshan, Kiran Kahani, Khuda Ki Basti and Ankahi.

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.

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."

He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018.

PTV released a documentary called Main Hoon Qazi Wajid.