Ayesha Khan (Pakistani Actress)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ayesha Khan

• Ayesha Khan was born in a prestigious family, as her father was a high-ranking police official.

• After completing her graduation, she joined Radio Pakistan.

  

• She later started working in Pakistan Television (PTV) Dramas, where she initially used her birth name before changing it to Ayesha Khan after marriage.

• She rose to fame during the golden age of PTV when she acted in many TV shows such as Aakhri Chattan (1985, as Begum Wazir-e-Azam, aired on PTV), Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord (1997, as Malka Begum Nizam, aired on PTV), Dehleez (2012, as Amma, telecast on ARY Digital), and Bharosa Pyar Tera (2019, as Raeesa Khanum, aired on Geo Entertainment).

• She got popular for comic, serious, complex and grey-shaded roles.

• She worked in the Pakistani entertainment industry for 5 decades and also appeared in several Pakistani films such as Muskaan (2011, as Nafeesa Hashmi Khan) and Fatima (2012, as Fatima).

• She got recognition in India for her role as Tahira in the Indian film Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1996).

• She was found dead on 18 June 2025 at her residence in Block 7 of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi, where she lived alone. Some sources claimed her body was found on 19 June 2025.

  

• Her neighbours informed the police about a foul smell coming from her house, after which the police recovered her body and started an investigation.

• According to the initial investigation, there were injury marks on her body, and she had died 7 days ago. The body was sent to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a postmortem.

• Senior Superintendent of Police Dr. Farooq Raza said that she died of natural causes. Some people claimed that she fell in the bathroom, got injured, and passed away.

• Karachi Police Surgeon Dr. Summaiya Syed said that they were waiting for her son to perform her last rites, and her body was kept in the Edhi Foundation mortuary in Sohrab Goth till then.

• Local people said that she lived alone for many years and had limited interaction with other people in the community.

• Pakistani actress Anoushay Abbasi called it a sad accident, while Pakistani actor Khaled Anam also paid tribute to her by calling her a legend of Pakistani drama.

• Her daughter, Aliya Bibi, was a top model in the 1990s.

  

• Aliya Bibi lives in London with her husband. So, many people questioned her children for not taking care of their mother, while some claimed she had gone through immense pain.