{"id":46682,"date":"2026-04-07T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46682"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:04:26","slug":"faysal-quraishi-opens-up-about-being-denied-sitara-e-imtiaz-twice-in-33-years-of-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=46682","title":{"rendered":"Faysal Quraishi opens up about being denied Sitara-e-Imtiaz twice in 33 years of stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Actor Faysal Quraishi recently featured on a podcast with Shahzad Nawaz where he discussed his disappointment over not getting a Sitara-e-Imtiaz. The actor expressed sadness over not getting a Sitara-e-Imtiaz after his success in the industry. \u201cI am thinking of going to the Imtiaz store as a protest and announcing that I am standing in Imtiaz, but I still haven\u2019t received any Sitara. I hope I will get one from the Imtiaz store,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p>Quraishi went on to say, \u201cthey have sent my name back twice. It\u2019s been 33 years that I\u2019ve been in the field, and I don\u2019t know who gets Sitara-e-Imtiaz. I think I\u2019m deficient in calcium &#8211; that\u2019s why they aren\u2019t giving me the award.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Quraishi was making light of the moment, it seemed he was also upset over not being able to receive the award in comparison to other celebrities.<\/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>\u201cI have questioned myself about not getting the presidential award, and people have emailed them about me not receiving it. I don\u2019t know why &#8211; I\u2019m not even political. Yes, I am a patriotic person. I will accept the award if I get it because I deserve it\u2019, Quraishi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many fans also took to Instagram to show support for the actor, terming him one of the best actors in Pakistan. They stated that he has done a lot for the Pakistan entertainment industry and deserves the award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quraishi is well-known for his roles in Case No.9 (2025), Fitoor (2021), Baba Jani (2018), as well as for hosting his own game shows, morning shows, and Ramzan specials.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Faysal Quraishi recently featured on a podcast with Shahzad Nawaz where he discussed his disappointment over not getting a Sitara-e-Imtiaz. The actor expressed sadness over not getting a Sitara-e-Imtiaz after his success in the industry. \u201cI am thinking of going to the Imtiaz store as a protest and announcing that I am standing in [&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-46682","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\/46682","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=46682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}