{"id":11049,"date":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","slug":"veteran-actress-ayesha-khan-passes-away-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11049","title":{"rendered":"Veteran actress Ayesha Khan passes away at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Veteran Pakistani television actress Ayesha Khan was found dead in her flat in Karachi\u2019s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area on Thursday evening, police confirmed. She was 77.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe the body had been lying unattended for nearly a week. Neighbours alerted the family after detecting a foul smell emanating from her apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Khaled Anam (@khaled_anam)<\/p>\n<p>Police later moved the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for legal formalities before it was transferred to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth.<\/p>\n<p>Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the post-mortem examination has yet to be conducted, as officials await the arrival of her son.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said the actress had been living alone and that her children do not reside in Karachi. Initial findings suggest she may have passed away while in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements will be announced later.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1948, Ayesha Khan was among the pioneering figures in Pakistan Television (PTV) drama. She was widely acclaimed for her powerful performances in classics.<\/p>\n<p>She was also the elder sister of the late actress Khalida Riasat.<\/p>\n<p>Arts Council of Pakistan President Ahmed Shah mourned her passing, calling it \u201ca profound loss\u201d for the country\u2019s drama industry.<\/p>\n<p>Her acting career spanned over five decades, during which she portrayed a wide range of complex female roles that left a lasting impact on Pakistani television.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Pakistani television actress Ayesha Khan was found dead in her flat in Karachi\u2019s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area on Thursday evening, police confirmed. She was 77. Authorities believe the body had been lying unattended for nearly a week. Neighbours alerted the family after detecting a foul smell emanating from her apartment. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 View this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}