caption years_active birth_place other_names image_size name birth_date known_for residence article_title education birth_name occupation
ali as begum nawazish ali 2000 -- present islamabad , pakistan begum nawazish ali frameless ali saleem علی سلیم 1979 -lrb- age 35-36 -rrb- comedy karachi , pakistan ali saleem
 cadet college , froebel 's international school ali saleem talk show host , comedian , actor
ali saleem

ali saleem -lrb- urdu : علی سلیم -rrb- , best known by his alter-ego begum nawazish ali , is a pakistani television host , actor , scriptwriter and impressionist .
he broke into the mainstream audiences through his impersonations of late prime minister benazir bhutto , and later and playing the cross-dressing begum nawazish ali on various television channels , including the aaj tv network , dawn news and geo tv network .
his alter ego of begum nawazish ali has now become his primary persona as he rarely appears as the male ali saleem .
he is a bisexual man born to a retired colonel father in pakistan army and his wife , a former government official .
biologically born a male , ali has sometimes called himself gay , bisexual or at other times even a transsexual .
