Around 42 renowned Pakistani celebrities from Media Industry left us in 2012. Pakistani legend Actors, Actresses, Directors, Singers, Producers and comedian are among this list. Famous Legendary Lehri, Latif Charlie, Sikandar Sanam and Shahenshah Ghazal Mehdi Hassan among these Pakistani celebrities who are now not among us. Legendary Actor Lehri and Singer Mehdi Hassan, both Died in 2012 after prolonged illness. Lehri was on bed from 28 years while Comedian Sikandar Sanam death shocked his fans. He was famous for his stage shows and parody movies. Actor Ibrahim Nafees also died after long sickness. He played vital roles on TV and Films. He also worked for Radio.
Famous former lollywood actresses Salma Mumtaz and Tamanna Begum also left us in 2012. Famous TV Actress Tahira Wasti silent death was also happened in 2012. Chocolate Hero of Sindhi Movies, Mushtaq Changezi passed away, Pakistani media didn’t covered his death news properly. Film and TV Actor Ali Javed died due to heart attack.
Famous Novelist Razia also died, she also wrote many stories of lollywood movies. Famous Writer and Poet Obaidullah Baig death was great loss of Pakistani Literature World. Famous Qawwal Ali Muhammad Taji is also among these lists that are no more.
Musician Qamar Allah Ditta was killed in Karachi. Famous personality of Pakistan Theater Faizan Pirzada also left us in December 2012. Another famous poet Dr. Shabih Ul Hassan was gun downed in Lahore.
Urdu Poetess Samina Raja died from cancer at the age of just 51. Journalist Shafqat Tanvir Mirza died after long disease at age of 80. Another famous Dawn Newspaper Columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee passed Away in Karachi.
Complete list of these Celebrities are as follows:
- Actor Safirullah Siddiqui aka Lehri
- Ghazal Singer Mehdi Hassan
- Actor Ibrahim Nafees
- Actress Salma Mumtaz
- Actress Tamanna Begum
- Actress Tahira Wasti
- Comedian Babbu Baral [Correction: died in 2011]
- Comedian Mastana [Correction: died in 2011]
- Comedian Sikandar Sanam
- Famous Writer Razia Butt
- Writer and Poet Obaidullah Baig
- Rafi Pir Theater’s Director Faizan Pirzada
- Renowned poet and writer Zia Jalandhari
- Dawn Newspaper Columnist Shafqat Tanvir Mirza
- Another dawn Newspaper Columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee
- Columnist and Scholar Professor Muzaffar Mirza
- Senior Journalist Hamid Javed
- Senior Journalist Akbar Alam
- Geo News Senior Reporter Moin Ahmed
- Famous Comedian Majeed Zareef
- Actor Mushtaq Changezi
- Actress Sultana Zaman
- Singer Naseem Akhtar
- Famous Folk Singer Iqbal Bahoo
- Singer Master Manzoor
- Classical Singer Rasool Badshah
- Mamoona Kanwal
- Actor Altaf Khan
- Director Rasheed Dogar (Kohenoor TV Ramzan Incident)
- Director Akram Khan
- Drama Writer Zubair Abbasi
- Shahzad Aslam
- Famous Qawwal Ali Muhammad Taji
- Film Maker Shahid Malik
- Musician Qamar Allah Ditta
- Ustad Imtiaz Khan
- Folk Artist Allah Nawaz Khusro
- Play Writer and Journalist Asghar Butt
- Poet, Writer and Editor Azhar Javed
- Feminist Writer Hajra Masroor
- Poet Dr. Shabih Ul Hassan
- Urdu Poetess Samina Raja