Tahira Wasti
Tahira Wasti (Punjabi, ) (1944 – March 11, 2012) was a well-known Pakistani writer and television actress. She is best known for portrayal of Isabella of Castile in the TV drama "Shaheen". Early life. Tahira was born in 1944 at Sargodha, Punjab, (British India) now in Pakistan. She received her early education from Sargodha and later she moved to Lahore for higher education. Career. Tahira Wasti started her career with writing articles in a magazine at the age of 16 and she also worked as an English newscaster on PTV News in 1964. Tahira started working at Pakistan Television  Corporation in 1968 by acting in a TV drama serial "Jaib Katra" based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto. She appeared in a number of TV dramas from 1968 until the 1990s, most of them have become classics of PTV such as "Kashkol", "Jaangloos" and "Daldal". Her prominent personality made her famous for playing regal roles suitable for representing royal, feudal or upper-class families, as in TV plays like "Tipu Sultan", "Shaheen" and "Aakhri Chatan". She also wrote plays for television and showed special interest in science fiction. In 2021 on August 16th the Government of Pakistan named  a street and intersection after her in Lahore. Personal life. She was the wife of TV actor and English language newscaster Rizwan Wasti and was mother of TV actress "Laila Wasti". Maria Wasti a famous TV actress is her niece. Illness and Death. Tahira was suffering from heart ailments, depression because of her husband's death and diabets. She died of natural causes on March 11, 2012, in Karachi, at the age of 68.