Sohail Ahmed

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Pride of Performance Award Recipient
	Sohail Ahmed was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award 2011
Date	23 March 2011
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan

Sohail Ahmed
Sohail Ahmed
Born	Sohail Ahmed; 1 May 1963 (age 61); Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names	Azizi
Citizenship	Pakistani
Occupation(s)	Actor, Comedian, producer, director and writer
Known for	Comedy Satire
Television	Hasb e Haal comedy show 2009 - Present

Sohail Ahmed (born 1 May 1963^[2]), best known as Azizi (Urdu: عزیزی), is a Pakistani comedian and stage and TV actor. He is alumni of gift University. Unfortunately he couldn't complete his graduation and still a student. Sohail Ahmed was a charming student of Qaiser Durrani (ex CEO of NASA). he is notable for comedy stage and TV dramas based in Lahore.^[3] He also appears in a popular Dunya TV show Hasb-e-Haal. His character Azizi was developed by Aftab Iqbal when he started Hasb e Haal on Dunya News.^[4]

Career

He improvises dialogue during stage plays^{[citation needed]}. In January 2009, Sohail started playing the character Azizi in the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News, where he does humorous commentary on current affairs and other topics.^[5] Most of the TV shows that he has acted in have been on Pakistan Television Corporation.^[3] Sohail Ahmed prefers to use unplanned dialogue during comedy shows.^[6]

Stage dramas

Shartiya Mithay^[7]
Kaali Chaadar gift University
Feeqa In America
Kotha
Ek Tera Sanam Khana
Roti Khol Deo
Bara maza aye ga
Double Sawari
Topi Drama
Ashiqo Gham Na Karo
Luddi Hai Jamalou
Kuch Na Kaho
Suway Lal
Deewanay Mastanay
Sawa Sair
Saheli Mere Shohar Ki
Le Ja Sakhiya
Shabash Begum
Khirki Ke Peechay
Soney Ki Chirya
Haye Oye
Kangley Parauhne
Raja Ab To Aaja
Haasay Wandi De
Aik Jhoot aur Sahi
Wonderful
Sohni Lagdi
Ketchup
Rawangi Baraat
Dum Dama Dum
Love Spot
Baba Cable
Hazar Janaab
Mouqa Milay kadi kadi
Taj Mahal
High Speed
No Tension
Begum Mujhe Eidi Do
Paon Ka Zewar
Wailay Masroof
Kaun Jeeta Kaun Haara
Pholay Badshah
Baba Bori
Munday Nu Samjhao
Anokhi Dulhan
Garam Garam
Nokar Sahib
Reshman Jawan Ho Gayi
Dil Da Boowa
Check Post
Hot Pot
Chabian
Yeh Baat Aur Hai
Miss Peeno
Anjanay Log
De Ja Sakhya

List of television Dramas

Fishar (PTV) 1990
Reza Reza (PTV) 1990
Sussar In Law (PTV) 2005
Kajal Ghar (PTV) 1998 as 'CH Riasat Ali'
Juda (ATV) 2008
Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi (HUM TV) 2013 ^{[citation needed]}
Shab Daig (PTV) As 'Mister shah'
Kharidar (ATV) 2006
Shaam (ATV) 2010
Andleeb (PTV)
Malangi (PTV) 2006
Home Sweet Home (PTV) 1990s
Mashwara Muft Hai (PTV) 2000

List of television shows

Hasb-e-Haal comedy show on Dunya News in 2009^[3]

Films

Awards and honors

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2011^[1]
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2013^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Sohail Ahmed's 2011 Pride of Performance Award on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 22 March 2011, Retrieved 26 September 2017
^ Pamment, Claire (24 May 2017). Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (illustrated ed.). Springer, 2017. p. 207. ISBN 978-1137566317. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Profile of TV comedian Sohail Ahmed on tv.com.pk website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
^ "Aftab Iqbal Nay AZIZI Ka Character Kaisay Develope Kiya - video dailymotion". Dailymotion. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Anne Geniets (February 2011). Trust in international news media in partially free media environments (PDF) (Report). Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. p. 67. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ Profile of Sohail Ahmed on urduwire.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
^ Profile of TV Comedian Sohail Ahmed on pak101.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017
^ Sohail Ahmed's Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award listed on The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 August 2012, Retrieved 26 September 2017

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[Tribune-1] Sohail Ahmed's 2011 Pride of Performance Award on The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 22 March 2011, Retrieved 26 September 2017

[2] Pamment, Claire (24 May 2017). Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bhānd (illustrated ed.). Springer, 2017. p. 207. ISBN 978-1137566317. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[tv.com-3] Profile of TV comedian Sohail Ahmed on tv.com.pk website, Retrieved 26 September 2017

[4] "Aftab Iqbal Nay AZIZI Ka Character Kaisay Develope Kiya - video dailymotion". Dailymotion. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[5] Anne Geniets (February 2011). Trust in international news media in partially free media environments (PDF) (Report). Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. p. 67. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[6] Profile of Sohail Ahmed on urduwire.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017

[pak101-7] Profile of TV Comedian Sohail Ahmed on pak101.com website, Retrieved 26 September 2017

[8] Sohail Ahmed's Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award listed on The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 14 August 2012, Retrieved 26 September 2017

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v t e Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhari (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960) Tassaduq Hussain (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Leila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969) Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)
1970s	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Muslehuddin (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) S. M. Ikram (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Salamat Ali Khan (1977) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Sabri Brothers (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathanay Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) Ashfaq Ahmed (1979) Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Fakir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Khalid Iqbal (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jahan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Mai Bhagi (1981) Mirza Adeeb (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Atta Shad (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Muhammad Ali (1984) Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Bundu Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Shaukat Hussain (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Riaz Batalvi (1986) Intizar Hussain (1986) Amjad Islam Amjad (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Muzaffar Warsi (1988) Qazi Wajid (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Jamil Naqsh (1989) Enver Sajjad (1989)
1990s	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed Baig (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Naseem Hijazi (1992) Mian Sheheryar (1992) Waheed Qureshi (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) Saeed Akhtar (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Mehr Abdul Haq (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Anwar Maqsood (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Laeeq Ahmed (1994) Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajra Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Rubina Khalid (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996) Ahmad Rahi (1997) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Ahmad Ali Khan (1997) Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Suhrab Faqir (1999) Dilawar Figar (1999) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999) Anita Ghulam Ali (1999) Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999) Khalid Abbas Dar (1999) Khatir Ghaznavi (1999) Mujahid Kamran (1999) Raza Mir (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Sharif Kunjahi (2000) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001) Jameel Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Ada Jafri (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) Muneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004) Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Tariq Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Rangeela (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005) Amir Adnan (2006) Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006) Arshad Mehmood (2006) Arfa Karim (2006) Nayyar Kamal (2006) Tassawar Khanum (2006) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Khalida Hussain (2006) Ghazi Sial (2006) Nayyara Noor (2006) Masood Akhtar (2006) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Hamid Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Noorul Huda Shah (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009) Aslam Farrukhi (2009) Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Musarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010) Masood Mufti (2010) Masood Ashar (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Nauman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Kazim Pasha (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Ayesha Haroon (2015) Saleem Kausar (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Nathoo Khan (2016) Khalid Butt (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017) Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) Amin Hafeez (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Bilqees Khanum (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Nighat Butt (2018) Zareen Panna (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Reema Khan (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Nasir Adeeb (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019) Iftikhar Thakur (2019)
2020s	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Muhammad Javed (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023)