Saba Hameed

Saba Hameed
Saba Hameed
	Saba Hameed in 2011
Born	Saba Hameed Akhtar; 21 June 1957 (age 64); Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Nationality	Pakistan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978 - present
Spouse(s)	Sayed Parvaiz Shafi (Divorced) Waseem Abbas (m.--present)
Children	Meesha Shafi; Faris Shafi;
Relatives	Hameed Akhtar (father)
Honours	Pride of Performance (2012)
Website	www.sabahamid.com

Saba Hameed (Urdu: صبا حميد) is a Pakistani television actress.

Early life[]

Saba was born in Lahore, Pakistan to writer and columnist Hameed Akhtar.^[1] She studied at the Lahore College for Women University.^[1] Her siblings include three sisters and one brother.

Career[]

Saba Hameed started her three-decade-long career as an actor in 1978 on television and also worked in theater from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.^[2]

Personal life[]

Saba Hameed was previously married to Syed Pervaiz Shafi, with whom she had two children, daughter, actress and singer Meesha Shafi, and son Faris Shafi.^[3]^[4]^[2] She is currently married to actor Waseem Abbas.^[3]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year	Movie	Role
1988	Teesra Kinara^[5]
2007	Mein Ek Din Laut Kay Aaoon Ga	Mrs. Haroon
2013	Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon (Remake)
2015	Good Morning Karachi	Rafina's mother
2015	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani
2017	Punjab Nahi Jaungi	Firdous Khagga
2019	Kaaf Kangana

Television[]

Year	Drama	Role	Channel
	Nashaib	Shazia
	Patt Jhar	Fariha
	Angoori	Angoori
	Gharoor	Kalsoom
	Girah	Rashda
	Milay Kuch Yun	Tehmina
	Socha Na Tha	Faryal
	Tere Ishq Mein	Anaya
	Vanee		Geo TV
	Ranjish
	Duniya Dari
	Kala Jadoo
1997	Family Front^[4]	Sumbal	PTV
2011	Anokha Ladla	Muniro	PTV Home
2012	Aks	Shahbano	Hum TV
	Band Khirkyon Kay Peechay		TV One
2013	Meri Dulari	Bibijan	Geo TV
2013	Tanhai	Faiz's mother	Hum TV
2013	Dil e Muztar	Sila's mother
2010-2011	Qaid-e-Tanhai	Aliya
2009	Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat	Rabia Ahmed	Geo Entertainment
2010	Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat	Rabia Ahmed
2011	Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat	Rabia Ahmed
2012	Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat	Rabia Ahmed
2010-2011	Main Abdul Qadir Hoon	Meera	Hum TV
2010	Dastaan	Rasheeda	Hum TV
	Neeli Chirria		PTV Home
	Heera Mann		PTV Home
	Band Gali		PTV Home
	Dukhon Ki Chadar		PTV Home
	Saahil		PTV Home
	Thori Door Sath Chalo		PTV Home
	Barish Kay Aansoo		PTV Home
	Chandpur Ka Chandoo
2011	Mastana Mahi	Aleen's mother	Hum TV
	Manjali
2012	Thakan	Sadaf's mother	Ary Digital
2012	Ik Tamanna Lahasil Si^[4]	Ruqaiyya	Hum TV
2012-2013	Aik Nayee Cinderella	Meher	Geo Entertainment
2012-2013	Band Khirkyon Kay Peechay	Attiya	TV One
	Kaisay Kahoon
	Aas
	Qarz	Rehmat
2013-2014	Pyaray Afzal	Ruqaiya Subanullah	ARY Digital
2014-2015	Bikhra Mera Naseeb	Hina' Mother	Geo Entertainment
2014	De Ijazat Jo Tu	Sarmad's mother	Hum TV
2014	Tum Meray Hi Rehna	Rania's Mother	Hum TV
2015	Dilfareb	Razia	Geo Entertainment
	Tumhari Natasha	Natasha's mother	Hum TV
	Guzaarish	Batool (Phupo)	ARY Digital
	Mein Adhuri	Zubaida Mansoor	ARY Digital
2016	Mann Mayal	Minahil's mother	Hum TV
	Deewana (TV series)	Shamma	Hum TV
	Dil Lagi^[6]	Zulekha, Mohid's mother	ARY Digital
2017	Khuda Mera Bhi Hai	Mah Gull's mother
	Muqabil	Parisa's mother
	Aisi Hai Tanhai^[6]	Pakeeza's mother
	Faisla	Maryam's mother
	Laal Ishq^[6]		A-Plus Entertainment
	Khan		Geo Entertainment
2018	Lashkara		ARY Digital
	Baba Jani	Najeeba	Geo Entertainment
	Aatish^[6]	Sheheryar's mother	Hum TV
2019	Meray Mohsin	Khursheed Begum	Geo Entertainment
	Bhool	Bano	ARY Digital
	Choti Choti Batain	Shaista	Hum TV
	Kahin Deep Jaley	Zeeshan's mother	Geo TV
	Ghalati	Zaitoon; Saad's Mother	ARY Digital
2020	Dushman e Jaan		ARY Digital
	Prem Gali	Shireen; Joya's mother	ARY Digital
	Ghisi Piti Mohabbat	Aziza Sultan; Rizwan's mother	ARY Digital
	Bandhay Aik Dor Say		Geo TV
	Raja Ki Raji	Haya's mother	ARY Digital
2021	Mujhe Wida Kar	Sultana, Usman's mother	ARY digital
2021	fitoor	dilnasheen's mother	Geo TV
2021	Berukhi	Shah Bano	ARY Digital
2021	Amanat	Firdous	ARY Digital
2021	Sinf-e-Aahan	Mahjabeen's mother	ARY Digital
2021		Noor	Hum TV

Awards and recognition[]

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2012^[7]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Hameed Akhtar passes away (father of Saba Hameed) | Newspaper". Dawn. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Pakistani mother-daughter celebrities who are too good to be ignored Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 21 April 2018, Retrieved 6 April 2019
^ ^a ^b Basharat, Rabia. "Saba Hameed's Talented Family Tree". Reviewit.pk website. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Coke Studio and 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' changed my life: Meesha Shafi Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 November 2014, Retrieved 6 April 2019
^ Saba Hameed in 'Teesra Kinara' (1988 film) on bfi.org.uk website Retrieved 6 April 2019
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Filmography of Saba Hameed on IMDb website Retrieved 6 April 2019
^ "Civil awards: Pride of the nation - The Express Tribune (newspaper)". 15 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

External links[]

Saba Hameed at IMDb
Official website

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[Dawn-1] "Hameed Akhtar passes away (father of Saba Hameed) | Newspaper". Dawn. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[BR-2] Pakistani mother-daughter celebrities who are too good to be ignored Business Recorder (newspaper), Published 21 April 2018, Retrieved 6 April 2019

[Reviewit-3] Basharat, Rabia. "Saba Hameed's Talented Family Tree". Reviewit.pk website. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[Dawn1-4] Coke Studio and 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' changed my life: Meesha Shafi Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 November 2014, Retrieved 6 April 2019

[5] Saba Hameed in 'Teesra Kinara' (1988 film) on bfi.org.uk website Retrieved 6 April 2019

[IMDb-6] Filmography of Saba Hameed on IMDb website Retrieved 6 April 2019

[7] "Civil awards: Pride of the nation - The Express Tribune (newspaper)". 15 August 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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v t Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhri (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayat Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) Ustad Munshi Raziuddin (1967) Rafi Peer (1967) Ali Imam (1968) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968) Amanat Ali Khan (1969) Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969) Leila Arjumand Banu (1969) Umeed Ali Khan (1969) Mohammad Kibria (1969) Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)
1970s	Ismail Gulgee (1970) Farida Khanum (1970) Abul Qasim Mohammad Moslehuddin (1970) Naheed Niazi (1970) Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Ghulam Farid Sabri (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979) Khamiso Khan (1979) Kishwar Sultan (1979) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979) Ghulam Ali (1979) Alam Lohar (1979) Mureed Buledi (1979) Misri Khan Jamali (1979) Pathanay Khan (1979) Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979) Ashfaq Ahmed (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Faqir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jehan (1981) Mansoor Tabish (1981) Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981) Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981) Roohi Bano (1981) Alexander Robert (1981) Mai Bhagi (1981) Mirza Adeeb (1981) Uzma Gillani (1982) Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982) Talat Hussain (1982) Tufail Niazi (1982) Reshma (1982) Arsh Muneer (1983) Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983) Atta Shad (1983) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Mohammad Ali (1984) Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985) Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985) Bundu Khan (1985) Mehdi Hasan (1985) Shaukat Hussain (1985) Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985) Siddiq Ismail (1985) Abid Ali (1985) Syed Mehmood Ali (1985) Sabiha Khanum (1986) Shahzad Khalil (1986) Suraiya Multanikar (1986) Firdous Jamal (1986) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan(1986) Azhar Lodhi (1986) Riaz Batalvi (1986) Amjad Islam Amjad (1987) Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987) Haseena Moin (1987) Aadil Salahuddin (1987) Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987) Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987) Shaista Zaid (1988) Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988) Mustafa Qureshi (1988) Muzaffar Warsi (1988) Qazi Wajid (1988) Ustad Kabir Khan (1989) Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989) Musarrat Nazir (1989) Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989) Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989) Jameel Bismil (1989) Bushra Ansari (1989) Ameer Khan (1989) Amjad Hussain (1989) Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989) Aziz Mian (1989) Talish (1989) Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989) Jamil Naqsh (1989) Enver Sajjad (1989)
1990s	Salim Nasir (1990) Daud Kamal (1990) Khalid Hameed (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990)* Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (1990) Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi (1991) Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991) Nayyar Ali Dada (1992) Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992) Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992) Tariq Aziz (1992) Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992) Pervez Malik (1992) Jawed Iqbal (1992) Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992) Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992) Munir Niazi (1992) Naseem Hijazi (1992) Mian Sheheryar (1992) Waheed Qureshi (1993) Ismail Shahid (1993) Saeed Akhtar (1993) Ali Ejaz (1993) S.H. Hashmi (1993) Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993) Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993) Agha Nasir (1993) Farooq Qaiser (1993) Bashir Mirza (1994) Ahmad Bashir (1994) Shahid Jalal (1994) Qari Mohammad Younus (1994) Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994) Mehr Abdul Haq (1994) Nisar Bazmi (1994) Hamid Ali Bela (1994) Zareena Baloch (1994) Anwar Maqsood (1994) Naheed Siddiqui (1994) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajira Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998) Mumtaz Mirza (1998) Suhrab Faqir (1999) Dilawar Figar (1999) Salima Hashmi (1999) Anwar Masood (1999) Anita Ghulam Ali (1999) Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999) Khalid Abbas Dar (1999) Khatir Ghaznavi (1999) Mujahid Kamran (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Jamil Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Iftikhar Ahmad (2003) Ada Jafri (2003) Syed Afzal Hussain (2003) Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003) Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003) Ghulam Mustafa (2003) Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003) Moneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004) Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004) Navid Shahzad (2004) Salahuddin Toofani (2004) S. M. Naqi (2004) Haji Atta Muhammad (2004) Moin Niazi (2004) Shahida Parveen (2004) Tina Sani (2004) Niaz Ahmed (2004) Samiur Rahman (2004) Tariq Rahman (2004) Rais Khan (2005) Arif Lohar (2005) Rangeela (2005) Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005) Shabnam Shakeel (2005) Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005) Arfa Karim (2006) Nayyar Kamal (2006) Tassawar Khanum (2006) Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006) Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006) Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006) Zehra Nigah (2006) Khalida Hussain (2006) Ghazi Sial (2006) Nayyara Noor (2006) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007) Hamid Ali Khan (2007) Faakhir Mehmood (2007) Munnu Bhai (2007) Munni Begum (2008) Akhtar Munir (2008) Gopal Das (2008) Haji Mehr Ali (2008) Haji Sher Ali (2008) Nahid Raza (2008) Gul Bahar Bano (2008) Mujahid Hussain (2008) Rasheed Malik (2008) Sultana Siddiqui (2008) Abdul Karim Balouch (2008) Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008) M. Hanif Raza (2008) Nasreen Askari (2008) Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008) Mansoor Rahi (2008) Tari Khan (2008) Rasheed Naz (2009) Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009) Muhammad Younus Khan (2009) Emanuel Philip (2009) Rehana Siddiqui (2009) Shabbir Hussain (2009) Manzoor Hussain (2009) Parveen Nazzar (2009) Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009) Babar Ali Niazi (2009) Hajra Mansoor (2009) Behroze Sabzwari (2009) Obaidullah Baig (2009) Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009) Naseem Sultan (2009) Ghous Bux Brohi (2009) Sahib Dino Mallah (2009) Satish Chandra Anand (2009) Rubeena Malik (2009) Badar Munir (2009) Muhammad Gul (2009) Mehnaz Hyat (2009) Abdul Qadir (2009) Ghayyur Akhtar (2009) Aslam Farrukhi (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Masarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Noman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019)
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