Waseem Abbas () is a Pakistani television, stage and film actor, screenwriter and director. He is known for his roles in television dramas for the

Pakistan Television Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcasting, broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information & Broadc ...

( PTV), the country's public service broadcaster, and other networks, including '' Samundar'', ''Raat'', '' Ashiyana'', ''

Family Front ''Family Front'' () is a 1997 Pakistani comedy drama sitcom television series. It was broadcast by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV World, now PTV News). This sitcom was directed by Waseem Abbas and written by Muhammad Younis Butt.

'' (which he also directed)'','' '' Landa Bazar'' and ''

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''.

Early and personal life

Waseem Abbas was born in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

on 9 September 1960. He is the son of singer, actor and director

Inayat Hussain Bhatti Inayat Hussain Bhatti (; 12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and an active advocate of the development of the Punjabi ...

. His paternal uncle

Kaifee Kaifi (born Kifayat Hussain Bhatti; 13 March 1943, Gujrat – 13 March 2009, Lahore) was a Pakistani film actor and a director. He was the younger brother of the legendary Punjabi singer and actor Inayat Hussain Bhatti. Both brothers wor ...

(full name Kifayat Hussain Bhatti) was also an actor and director. He has three sisters and an elder brother, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, who worked as an actor before switching to film production and distribution. He has four children from his first marriage. He divorced his wife and married actress

Saba Hameed Saba Hameed () is a Pakistani actress and director. She is one of the most popular actresses of Pakistan. She was one of the most successful actress of 1980s and 1990s. She got early recognition with her role of Sumbul in sitcom '' Family Fro ...

in 1993. His son from his marriage with Saba Hameed, Ali Abbas, is also an actor. Through one of his sisters, his nephew is actor and singer

Aagha Ali Aagha Ali Abbas () is a Pakistani television actor, singer, presenter, writer, song writer, and director. Early life and background Aagha Ali was born on 4 December 1985 in Lahore, Punjab. He is the youngest son of the widely known actor of th ...

Career

His father, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, was against his decision to join the entertainment industry, and when he tried his luck on radio he was rejected. He then became an assistant director for a stage play, where he would also act, before getting his TV break on the PTV drama ''Ek Haqeeqat Ek Fasana'' in 1978.

Filmography

Films

Television serials

Awards and recognition

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbas, Waseem 1960 births Pakistani television directors Living people Male actors from Lahore Pakistani male stage actors Pakistani male comedians 20th-century Pakistani male actors Pakistani male television actors Pakistani male film actors Pakistani screenwriters Recipients of the Pride of Performance Male actors in Urdu cinema