Nadia Khan

Nadia Khan
Nadia Khan
نادیہ خان
Born	22 May 1972 (age 52); Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupation(s)	Actress, TV presenter, anchor, producer
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Faisal Mumtaz Rao (m. 2020)
Children	3

Nadia Khan (born 22 May 1972) is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and producer. She is best known for the Nadia Khan Show, a morning TV programme, and for OutStyle, her YouTube channel.^[1]^[2]^[3]

She is known for her role in the PTV series Bandhan. She has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Kinza in Aisi Hai Tanhai. In 2019, she portrayed Aima in Kam Zarf and Dolly in Dolly Darling.^[4]

Early life

Nadia Khan was born in Quetta, Balochistan.^[1]^[5] She belongs to an ethnic Niazi Pathan family from Jalandhar (India), which moved to Rawalpindi, Punjab after independence. Khan began her career in Rawalpindi.^[5]^[6]

Career

Actress

Khan made her acting debut in 1995 on the show Pal Do Pal.^[1]^[7] She appeared in Bandhan (1996),^[1]^[8] for which she won the PTV Best Actress Award. In the same year, she played a leading role in the drama serial Bharam. She later started anchoring morning shows.^[9]

Presenter

Khan made her television debut in 1993 in the show Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam on PTV. She returned as an anchor on ARY Digital's morning show Breakfast with Nadia. The show began airing in 2003 from Dubai. In November 2006, Khan moved to Geo TV to a new live chat and interview show called the Nadia Khan Show (Geo Mazay Say). She interviewed a variety of Pakistani celebrities, artists, performers, religious leaders, athletes and politicians. There were also segments on Islam, and health and beauty. The show was banned in 2010 by the Dubai government. Sources say that Khan showed actress Noor Bukhari and her husband fight before Bukhari's interview. Her husband claimed in court that "our family matter", so the court banned Khan's show in Dubai for six months.

Khan won the Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2008 and Masala Lifestyle Awards For Best TV Presenter 2009, out of five candidates, from Zee Tv, Sony TV, Star Plus and ARY Digital.^[10]

Khan resumed her anchoring career after a year in August 2011 with Eid Transmission on Dunya News. On 31 March 2012, the Nadia Khan Show returned to Geo TV as a night-time, consumer-oriented talk show..^[11] She resumed anchoring with a brief year-long run from 2015 to 2016 of her morning show (Nadia Khan Show) on Geo TV.^[12] She hosted Croron Mein Khel, a game show, on BOL Entertainment.

In January 2018, Khan became the first Pakistani beauty, fashion and lifestyle YouTube influencer to reach 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, Outstyle.^[13]^[14]

In 2019, she started a morning show again on PTV named Morning @ home.^[15]

Personal life

Nadia married Faisal Mumtaz Rao, a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot, in December 2020. This is her second marriage. ^[16]^[17] Her first marriage was to Khawar Iqbal,^[18] with whom she has two children.^[19]

She adopted her third child, Kayaan when he was just few days old

She describes herself as "realist feminist" and she is constantly travelling from Dubai to Pakistan.^[2]^[20]

Filmography

Television

Year	Drama	Role	Writer	Director	Broadcasting network	Notes
1995	Pal do Pal	Rameen	Haseena Moin	Mohsin	PTV
1996	Baandhan	Farry	Bushra Rahman	Tariq Mairaj	PTV	PTV Best Actress Award
1997	Bharam		Mazhar Bobby	M.Izhar Bobby	PTV	PTV Classic Drama Award
1997	Mahrukh	Mahrukh	Aftab Ahmed	Arshi Bhai	PTV
1999	Des Pardes	Sara	Haseena Moin	Ali Rizvi	PTV
1998	Laag	Safia	Rauf Khalid	Rauf Khalid	PTV
2000	Manzilein	Ghazal	Seema Ghazal	Fahim Burny	PTV
2005	Koi To Ho^[1]	Yasmeen	Danish Javed	Haseeb Hassan	ARY Digital
2008	Main Aur Tum	Radha	Aljaz Imran	Faisal Qureshi	ARY Digital	Episode Sitaara Plus
2008	Yeh Zindagi Hai	Herself	Fizza Jaffri	Kamran Akbar Khan	Geo TV	Guest appearance
2017	Aisi Hai Tanhai^[2]	Kinza	Mohsin Ali	Badar Mehmood	ARY Digital	^[21]
2018	Zun Mureed^[2]		Amna Mufti	Syed Ahmed Kamran	Hum TV	^[22]
2018	Kaisi Aurat Hoon Main^[2]	Maham	Saima Akram Chudhery	Fahim Burney	Hum TV	^[23]
2018	Khana Khud Garam Karo	Jamila	Kashif Saleem	Kashif Saleem	ARY Digital	Telefilm^[24]
2019	Kam Zarf	Aima	Seema Munaf	Zeeshan Ahmed	Geo Entertainment	^[25]
2019	Jhanka Tanki	Neeli	Misbah Ali Syed	Kashif Saleem	ARY Digital	Telefilm
2019	Dolly Darling	Dolly	Dr. Muhammad Younis Butt	Muhammad Iftikhar Iffi	Geo Entertainment
2022	Pehchaan	Safina	Rubina Kabira Khan	Asad Jabal	Hum TV
2022	Wehshi	Muneera	Shumaila Zaidi	Iqbal Hussain	Hum TV

Talk shows

Year	Show	Type	Broadcasting network	Notes
1993–1995	Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam^[5]	Children Choice	STN/NTM	Khan's hosting debut
2003–2006	Breakfast with Nadia^[5]	Morning show	ARY Digital
2006–2010	Nadia Khan Show^[1]	Morning show	Geo TV	Masala TV Award For Best TV Presenter 2008^[10] and Masala TV Award For Best TV Presenter 2009^[26]
2011	Eid with Nadia Khan^[5]	Eid special show	Dunya News
2012–2013	[[Nadia Khan Show^[5]\|The Nadia Khan Show (season 2)]]	Talk show (weekend nights)	Geo Entertainment
2015	Nadia Khan Show (season 3)	Morning show	Geo Entertainment
2018	Croron Mein Khel	Game Show	BOL Entertainment
2019–2020	Morning @ Home	Morning Talkshow	PTV Home

Awards and recognition

In 2007, Khan was dubbed the "Oprah Winfrey" of Pakistan by Jang Group of Newspapers.^[1]^[5]

PTV awards

Winner

1997: Best Actor (Female); Bandhan^[5]^[27]

Masala Lifestyle awards

Winner

2008: Best TV Presenter; Nadia Khan Show^[10]^[5]
2009: Best TV Presenter; Nadia Khan Show[1]^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Nadia Khan profile". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ahmed Sarym (11 March 2018). "We must teach young girls to aspire beyond marriage: Nadia Khan". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "'Baat Cheet' with Fahim Burney, Nadia Khan". The Nation newspaper. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Haq, Irfan Ul (8 December 2018). "Nadia Khan's new TV project is a game show where you can win diamonds or a Mercedes". Dawn Group of Newspapers (Images magazine). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Nadia Khan profile". Tv.com.pk. website. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Nadia Khan – The Express Tribune Blog. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ "Pal do Pal". Ptv2.tripod.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Reviews, Mr Khan's (23 December 2018). "Mr. Khan's Review on 'Bandhan' (1996)". Mr. Khan's Reviews. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Nadia Khan Trashed Pakistani Morning Shows And LOL Hypocrisy Ki Hadd Hoti Hai". MangoBaaz. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Masala Lifestyle Awards – The Winners 2008". Masala.com. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Nadia Khan Show on 8th April 2012 guest Veena Malik ~ Nadia Khan Show". Geo TV Network website. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Nadia Khan's next treat for fans is her Eid show". The Nation. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Nadia khan's Outstyle Youtube channel reached 100,000 subscribers ~ Outstyle.com".
^ "After doing three tragic dramas, Nadia Khan wears a fresh and lively look!". The Nation. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Nadia Khan is Back on PTV Home with Morning Show". Reviewit.pk website. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Know everything about Nadia Khan's husband Wg Cdr Faisal Mumtaz Rao (Retd)". BOL News. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ "Famous TV host Nadia Khan confirms her second marriage". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^ Staff, Showbiz (31 January 2021). "Nadia Khan Old Day Pics With Her Ex-Husband Khawar Iqbal". Showbiz Pakistan. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Nadia Khan With Her Grown Up Children Alizeh And Azan". Health Fashion. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ Usman, Muhammad (2 March 2021). "Nadia Khan talks about her adopted son Kiaan". BOL News. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Nadia Khan returns with 'Aisi Hai Tanhai'". Gulf News. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Nadia Khan cast is new serial 'Zann Mureed'". Gulf News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
^ Haq, Irfan Ul (8 December 2017). "Nadia Khan is leaving her morning show persona far behind with this new TV serial". Images. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ Haq, Irfan Ul (8 June 2018). "A telefim called Apna Khana Khud Garam Karo is releasing on Eid". Images. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "My character in 'Kam Zarf' is negative yet pitiable: Nadia Khan". Daily Times. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ Masala Lifestyle Awards 2009. masala.com
^ "Nadia Khan | Fashion47". Fashion47.pk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

External links

Nadia Khan at IMDb
Nadia Khan on Instagram
Nadia Khan official website

[urduwire-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Nadia Khan profile". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[Tribune-2] Ahmed Sarym (11 March 2018). "We must teach young girls to aspire beyond marriage: Nadia Khan". The Express Tribune newspaper. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[3] "'Baat Cheet' with Fahim Burney, Nadia Khan". The Nation newspaper. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[4] Haq, Irfan Ul (8 December 2018). "Nadia Khan's new TV project is a game show where you can win diamonds or a Mercedes". Dawn Group of Newspapers (Images magazine). Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[tv-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Nadia Khan profile". Tv.com.pk. website. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[6] Nadia Khan – The Express Tribune Blog. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[7] "Pal do Pal". Ptv2.tripod.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[8] Reviews, Mr Khan's (23 December 2018). "Mr. Khan's Review on 'Bandhan' (1996)". Mr. Khan's Reviews. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[9] "Nadia Khan Trashed Pakistani Morning Shows And LOL Hypocrisy Ki Hadd Hoti Hai". MangoBaaz. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[masala1-10] "Masala Lifestyle Awards – The Winners 2008". Masala.com. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[11] "Nadia Khan Show on 8th April 2012 guest Veena Malik ~ Nadia Khan Show". Geo TV Network website. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[12] "Nadia Khan's next treat for fans is her Eid show". The Nation. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[13] "Nadia khan's Outstyle Youtube channel reached 100,000 subscribers ~ Outstyle.com".

[14] "After doing three tragic dramas, Nadia Khan wears a fresh and lively look!". The Nation. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[15] "Nadia Khan is Back on PTV Home with Morning Show". Reviewit.pk website. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[16] "Know everything about Nadia Khan's husband Wg Cdr Faisal Mumtaz Rao (Retd)". BOL News. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[17] "Famous TV host Nadia Khan confirms her second marriage". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[18] Staff, Showbiz (31 January 2021). "Nadia Khan Old Day Pics With Her Ex-Husband Khawar Iqbal". Showbiz Pakistan. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[19] "Nadia Khan With Her Grown Up Children Alizeh And Azan". Health Fashion. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[20] Usman, Muhammad (2 March 2021). "Nadia Khan talks about her adopted son Kiaan". BOL News. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[21] "Nadia Khan returns with 'Aisi Hai Tanhai'". Gulf News. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[22] "Nadia Khan cast is new serial 'Zann Mureed'". Gulf News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

[23] Haq, Irfan Ul (8 December 2017). "Nadia Khan is leaving her morning show persona far behind with this new TV serial". Images. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[24] Haq, Irfan Ul (8 June 2018). "A telefim called Apna Khana Khud Garam Karo is releasing on Eid". Images. Retrieved 2 November 2018.

[25] "My character in 'Kam Zarf' is negative yet pitiable: Nadia Khan". Daily Times. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[26] Masala Lifestyle Awards 2009. masala.com

[fashion-27] "Nadia Khan | Fashion47". Fashion47.pk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

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