Nadia Khan

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Nadia Khan
نادیہ خان
Born22 May 1979 (1979-05-22) (age 46)
Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupation(s)TV presenter, actor, producer
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Faisal Mumtaz Rao
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(m. 2020)​
Children3
Relatives Mumtaz Hamid Rao (father-in-law)

Nadia Khan (born 22 May 1979) is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and producer. She is best known for hosting the Nadia Khan Show (2006–2013) and starring in Bandhan (1998), Aisi Hai Tanhai (2017), Kam Zarf (2019) and Dolly Darling (2019). She also started a YouTube channel, OutStyle, in 2017. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Nadia Khan was born in Quetta, Balochistan to a Niazi family, one of the largest Pashtun tribes predominately residing in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Her father, Mohammed Aslam Khan, is a retired Army Colonel from Hoshiarpur, India, and her mother, Tahira Khan is a housewife from Sahiwal, Pakistan. [5] [6] Her father migrated to Lahore, Pakistan during the 1947 Partition of India and studied at Chistia High School before joining the Attabad-based Pakistan Military Academy in 1956. He served in the Pakistan Armed Forces from 1959 to 1986. [7]

Khan completed her schooling from Federal Government Postgraduate College for Women, also known as C.B. College, that started as a small girls’ school on 26 Feb 1952 by the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB). [8]

Career

1990s: Television debut and early work

Khan made her television debut in 1993 with Daak Time (1993–1995), a Pakistani children’s show hosted by Farooq Qaiser featuring an anthropomorphic puppet Uncle Sargam, that aired on Network Television Marketing (NTM). [9] [10] She was cast in Pal Do Pal (1995), a romantic-drama written by Haseena Moin and directed by Syed Ali Bukhari. [1] [11] She later appeared in Bharam (1997), Mahrukh (1997), Bandhan (1998), [1] for which she won the PTV Best Actress Award, Laag (1998–2000), Des Pardes (1999), Manzilein (2000).

2000–2015: Return from hiatus and success as a presenter

Khan began hosting ARY Digital's morning show Breakfast with Nadia (2003–2006) comprising segments on celebrities, culture, and daily life. In November 2006, she moved to Geo Entertainment to host the Nadia Khan Show , interviewing a variety of Pakistani celebrities, artists, performers, religious leaders, athletes and politicians including Fawad Khan, Iman Ali, Atif Aslam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shahid Afridi, Imran Khan, Bobby Deol, Farida Jalal, and Saroj Khan. Originally airing from 2006 to 2010, the show returned for a second and third season in 2012 and 2013 respectively before being cancelled. Khan won the 2008 Masala Lifestyle Awards, organized by Dubai-based ITP Media Group and Masala! magazine, for Best TV Presenter 2008 and Best TV Presenter 2009. [12]

During this time, she also starred in Haseeb Hassan's Koi To Ho (2005), Faisal Qureshi's Main Aur Tum (2008), and Ye Hai Zindagi (2008). In August 2011, Khan hosted the Eid Transmission on Dunya News. 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

In the 1990s, Khan married Khawar Iqbal, with whom she has two children. [16] She married Faisal Mumtaz Rao, a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot and son of Pakistani electronic media journalist Mumtaz Hamid Rao, in December 2020. [17] She adopted her third child in 2020, when he was 20 days old. [18]

Khan describes herself as “realistic feminist” and advocates for female emancipation over imposing a level of moral culpability on men at large. [2]

Filmography

Television

YearDramaRoleWriterDirectorBroadcasting networkNotes
1995Pal do PalRameen Haseena Moin Mohsin PTV
1996BaandhanFarry Bushra Rahman Tariq MairajPTVPTV Best Actress Award
1997BharamZarminaIzhar BobbyM.Izhar BobbyPTVPTV Classic Drama Award
1997MahrukhMahrukhAftab AhmedArshi BhaiPTV
1999Des PardesSara Haseena Moin Ali RizviPTV
1998 Laag Safia Rauf Khalid Rauf KhalidPTV
2000ManzileinGhazalSeema GhazalFahim BurnyPTV
2005Koi To Ho [1] YasmeenDanish JavedHaseeb HassanARY Digital
2008Main Aur TumRadhaAljaz Imran Faisal Qureshi ARY Digital Episode Sitaara Plus
2008 Yeh Zindagi Hai HerselfFizza JaffriKamran Akbar Khan Geo TV Guest appearance
2017 Aisi Hai Tanhai [2] Kinza Mohsin Ali Badar Mehmood ARY Digital [19]
2018 Zun Mureed [2] Amna Mufti Syed Ahmed Kamran Hum TV [20]
2018 Kaisi Aurat Hoon Main [2] Maham Saima Akram Chudhery Fahim BurneyHum TV [21]
2018 Khana Khud Garam Karo JamilaKashif SaleemKashif SaleemARY DigitalTelefilm [22]
2019 Kam Zarf AimaSeema MunafZeeshan AhmedGeo Entertainment [23]
2019Jhanka TankiNeeliMisbah Ali SyedKashif SaleemARY DigitalTelefilm
2019 Dolly Darling Dolly Dr. Muhammad Younis Butt Muhammad Iftikhar IffiGeo Entertainment
2022 Pehchaan SafinaRubina Kabira KhanAsad JabalHum TV
Wehshi MuneeraShumaila ZaidiIqbal Hussain

Talk shows

YearShowTypeBroadcasting networkNotes
1993–1995Daak Time (Mail Time) with Uncle Sargam [5] Children ChoiceSTN/NTMKhan's hosting debut
2003–2006Breakfast 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 [12] and Masala TV Award For Best TV Presenter 2009 [24]
2011Eid 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 showGeo Entertainment
2018 Croron Mein Khel Game Show BOL Entertainment
2019–2020Morning @ HomeMorning TalkshowPTV Home

Awards and recognition

PTV awards

Winner

Masala Lifestyle awards

Winner

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nadia Khan profile". Tv.com.pk. website. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pakistani host Nadia Khan discloses the truth about her first marriage". Aaj English TV. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Desi Tv by DRM (15 August 2025). Nadia Khan's Father Reveals Untold 1947 Partition Struggle | Independence Day | Desi Tv | EB2Q . Retrieved 22 August 2025– via YouTube.
  8. ↑ Yasin, Aamir (25 November 2018). "The steady rise of the first girls' college established in Pindi after partition". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  9. ↑ Hamid, Talha bin (26 May 2021). "Puppeteer Extraordinaire". Aurora Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Suhayb, Muhammad (23 May 2021). "FAROOQ QAISER IS NO MORE, LONG LIVE UNCLE SARGAM". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Pal do Pal". Ptv2.tripod.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 "Masala Lifestyle Awards – The Winners 2008". Masala.com. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Nadia khan's Outstyle Youtube channel reached 100,000 subscribers ~ Outstyle.com".[ permanent dead link ]
  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. ↑ TV, SAMAA (22 August 2025). "'It was my mistake': Nadia Khan opens up about her first marriage". SAMAA TV. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Know everything about Nadia Khan's husband Wg Cdr Faisal Mumtaz Rao (Retd)". BOL News. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  18. ↑ Usman, Muhammad (2 March 2021). "Nadia Khan talks about her adopted son Kiaan". BOL News. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Nadia Khan returns with 'Aisi Hai Tanhai'". Gulf News. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Nadia Khan cast is new serial 'Zann Mureed'". Gulf News. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ Haq, Irfan Ul (8 June 2018). "A telefim called Apna Khana Khud Garam Karo is releasing on Eid". Images. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "My character in 'Kam Zarf' is negative yet pitiable: Nadia Khan". Daily Times. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  24. ↑ Masala Lifestyle Awards 2009. masala.com
  25. ↑ "Nadia Khan | Fashion47". Fashion47.pk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2023.


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