Sultana Zafar (21 February 1955 – 16 July 2021) was a Pakistani actress. Sultana acted in numerous television dramas and was known for her roles in the dramas ''Munkir'', '' Ana'', '' Zid'' and ''

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''. She used to run her boutique called ''Armale Studios''.

Early life

Sultana was born on 21 February 1955 in

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, Pakistan. She completed her studies at the University of Hyderabad.

Career

Sultana started acting in dramas of PTV Centre Karachi in 1972. Sultana was known for being well-mannered, and for her fine speech and graceful and dignified presence, which helped her and became the reasons for her success in the acting career. She was also known for her serious style acting with her Hyderabad accent dialogue delivery. Sultana portrayed characters of family values and traditions of the time of PTV in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and she was noted for her roles in dramas ''Akhri Chattan'', '' Aroosa'', ''Khala Khairan'' and ''

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''. She also appeared in dramas ''Akhri Chattan'', ''Nadan Nadia'', '' Ana'', '' Zeenat'', ''

'' and ''Babar''. Since then she appeared in dramas ''

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'', '' Zid'', ''Haq Meher'', '' Woh'' and '' Munkir''.

Personal life

Sultana was married to actor Zafar Ali and had three children and she used to live in America in Dallas. There she used to run her boutique called ''Armale Studios''. Huma Akbar, an actress, is her niece, together they worked in drama '' Shaheen'' and Huma also appeared in dramas '' Karawaan'', ''Choti Choti Baatein'' and '' Khaleej''.

Death

Sultana died at the age of 69 in

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, on 16 July 2021.

Filmography

Television

Telefilm

References

External links

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