Beloved Pakistani actress Ayesha Khan has died aged 76, authorities have confirmed. Khan lay useless in her house in a residential condo within the Gulshan-e-Iqbal space for days earlier than her physique was found, police have confirmed. The superior state of decomposition indicated she was there at the very least every week earlier than somebody raised the alarm. The 76-year-old star’s stays have now been transferred to Jinnah Hospital for autopsy examiniation, and police have begun questioning neighbors and family as a part of the investigation. Neighbours reportedly alerted her members of the family after a powerful scent started to emanate from her property resulting in the invention.
Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed advised media the autopsy wouldn’t be carried out till her son arrives. A spokesperson for the Gulshan-i-Iqbal police stated the physique was found on the evening of June 19. They stated preliminary examination by native police indicated she was within the lavatory when she handed away. Khan had lived by herself for a few years having stepped again from her profession in latest occasions and her kids don’t stay within the space. It’s unknown if she suffered with any well being situations.
The star is elder sister of one other famend TV actress Khalida Riyasat. She rose to fame for her roles in reveals resembling Akhri Chattan, Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord, Dehleez, Bol Meri Machli, and Ek Aur Aasman.
A flexible actress she carried out each comedy and drama and infrequently appeared alongside common small display duo Qazi Wajid and Talat Hussain, forming considered one of PTV’s most beloved on-screen duos.
Though she als loved success in motion pictures her most up-to-date function was on tv in 2020 in Hum TV’s Soteli Maamta.
Tributes had been paid to the star as information of her dying broke. Leisure channel HUM TV for whom she steadily labored posted: “Could her soul relaxation in peace. Our deepest condolences to her household and family members.”
Actor Adnan Siddiqui took to Instagram keep in mind the star in a prolonged put up. “There are individuals you meet early in your journey who depart behind quiet however lasting imprints. For me, Ayesha Khan sahiba was a kind of individuals. I met her on the set of Uroosa, my very first drama; I used to be a rookie then, a real greenhorn with just a few modelling assignments and commercials to my title.
“She was my on-screen mom however introduced a compassion harking back to a maternal determine, a presence that soothed, grounded and made an area really feel extra human. She was by no means loud, by no means needing to show something — her craft did all of the speaking.
“Her kindness, her magnificence, her calm power, all of it taught me a lot, even when she wasn’t attempting to. I contemplate it a present to have shared display house along with her. Ayesha jee wasn’t simply an actor; she was an environment. And her absence shall be deeply felt.”
One other actor Khaled Anam penned: “With profound unhappiness, we share the information of legendary Pakistani actress Ayesha Khan passing away this June 2025. For many years, she graced our screens with iconic roles in Afshan, Aroosa, Household 93 (PTV classics), Mehndi, Naqab Zan, Bharosa Pyar Tera, Bisaat e Dil.”
