Ayub Khosa

Ayub Khosa
Ayub Khosa
ایوب کھوسہ
Born	1959 (age 66–67); Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Children	4

Ayub Khosa (Urdu: ایوب کھوسہ; born 1959) is a Pakistani actor of film and TV. With a career spanning more than three decades – mostly in television – Khosa is a well-known name in Pakistan. He is known for his roles in films like Khuda Kay Liye (2007). Outside Urdu, he has also performed in Balochi and Pashto plays.^[1]

Early life and education

Khosa was born in Khuzdar, Balochistan to a Pashtun mother and a Baloch father.^[1]

He is a graduate of the University of Balochistan.^[1] He is fluent in Balochi, Pashto, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu and English.

Acting career

He began his acting career in school, and became a professional actor in 1983.^[1] His first appearance on TV was the drama Chhaon that was telecast from PTV Quetta Centre.

Political career

Ayub Khosa contested election on a Pakistan Peoples Party ticket from the PS-101 (Karachi East-III) seat in the 2018 Pakistan general elections.^[2] He secured 5121 votes and lost to Firdous Naqvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Public image

In 2011 the Pakistan National Council of Arts dedicated an evening to Khosa in recognition for his contribution to the television industry in Pakistan. A play titled Main Kaun Hoon (Who AM I) was screened to showcase his work. The play was directed by Shoaib Khaliq and acted by Khosa himself.^[3]

Selected filmography

Television series


Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1983	Mum	Rehan	PTV	^[4]
1985	Aabru	Waqar
1986	Chhaon	Taimoor
1988	Padash	Tariq
1988	Satoon	Hayat
1990	Chakar-e-Azam	Meer Jharo
1993	Dasht	Mir Guwaraam	NTM
1994	Shantul	Agha Gul Mohammed	PTV
1994	Gardbad	Sardar Zorawar
1995	Pukaar	Alfanso
1996	Aahan	Ron		ISPR production on the Special Service Group (SSG)^[5]
1996	Wapsi	Salman		^[4]
1997	Wapsi Kay Baad	Salman
1997	Kali Chaddar	Peer Baksh
1998	Pinjra	Akhandi
1999	Amanat	Allahdad (Kakoo)
2000	Zanjeer	Hanan
	Aan	Khaliq Khan
	Intizar	Ghosu
	Darwaza	Qadir
2004	Sassi	Akbar Khan
2009	Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin Hai	Khaista Gul		Nominated 9th Lux Style Awards Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)
2009	Jinnah Ke Nām	Nawab Inayatullah Khan
2015	Neelum Kināre	Professor Riaz	Hum TV
2019	Dil Lagi	Doraan Khan	KTN	Sindhi drama^[6]
2022	Dushman	Billa "Munshi"	PTV
2026	Humrahi	Lala	Geo TV
2026	Jahannum Ba'raasta Jannat	Rasheed Khan	Green TV

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Khuda Kay Liye		Cameo role
2014	O21	Abdullah	Nominated 14th Lux Style Awards Best Film Actor
2015	Welcome 2 Karachi	Taliban leader Agha Jaan	Bollywood debut
2015	Swaarangi	Saieen
2016	Hijrat
	Revenge of the Worthless	Ameer Qudratuullah
	Yalghaar	Col. Jogezai
	Jashan		Pashto film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Nominated work	Category	Result
2007	6th Lux Style Awards	Sadoori	Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)	Nominated
2010	9th Lux Style Awards	Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin	Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)	Nominated
2012	17th PTV Awards	Jaanu	Best Playwright (Independent Play)	Won
2015	14th Lux Style Awards	O21	Best Film Actor	Nominated

References

1 2 3 4 "Latest interview with Ayub Khoso". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. The Khuzdar born artist has done his graduation from University of Balochistan. His mother is Pakhtoon while his father belongs to a Baloch clan. The artist who varies in appearances and performances from his contemporaries has started his showbiz career from PTV Quetta center in 1984. He first appeared in a Brahvi language drama.
↑ "Ayub Khoso alleges 100pc poll rigging". The Nation. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
↑ "Tribute: Ode to the PTV legend Ayub Khoso". 3 November 2011.
1 2 Explore PTV With KS (9 January 2026). The Powerful Career of Ayub Khoso | Journey Through Classic Pakistani Dramas. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via YouTube.
↑ "Ahan". ptv2.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
↑ KTN Entertainment (28 October 2019). Dil Lagi Episode 01 | Only On KTN Entertainment. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via YouTube.

External links

Ayub Khosa at IMDb

[mag4you-1] 1 2 3 4 "Latest interview with Ayub Khoso". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. The Khuzdar born artist has done his graduation from University of Balochistan. His mother is Pakhtoon while his father belongs to a Baloch clan. The artist who varies in appearances and performances from his contemporaries has started his showbiz career from PTV Quetta center in 1984. He first appeared in a Brahvi language drama.

[2] "Ayub Khoso alleges 100pc poll rigging". The Nation. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

[tribute-3] "Tribute: Ode to the PTV legend Ayub Khoso". 3 November 2011.

[:0-4] 1 2 Explore PTV With KS (9 January 2026). The Powerful Career of Ayub Khoso | Journey Through Classic Pakistani Dramas. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via YouTube.

[5] "Ahan". ptv2.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

[6] KTN Entertainment (28 October 2019). Dil Lagi Episode 01 | Only On KTN Entertainment. Retrieved 6 June 2026 – via YouTube.

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Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
1950s	Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958) Zainul Abedin (1958) Hafeez Jalandhari (1958) Professor Abdus Salam (1958)
1960s	Roshan Ara Begum (1960) Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960) Tassaduq Hussain (1960) Sadequain (1962) Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962) Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962) Allah Bakhsh (1963) Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963) Noor Jehan (1965) A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965) Zubaida Agha (1965) Ferdausi Begum (1965) Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965) Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965) Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966) Shakir Ali (1966) Khwaja Moinuddin (1966) Ayet Ali Khan (1966) Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967) 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) Naheed Niazi (1970) Muslehuddin (1970) Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971) S. M. Ikram (1971) Iqbal Bano (1974) Salamat Ali Khan (1977) Munir Sarhadi (1978) Hamza Shinwari (1978) Ahmed Parvez (1978) Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978) Sabri Brothers (1978) Ibn-e-Insha (1978) Molvi Ahmed Mallah (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) Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)
1980s	Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980) Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980) Allan Fakir (1980) Sohail Rana (1980) Khalid Iqbal (1980) Aazar Zubi (1980) Malika Pukhraj (1980) Muhammad Juman (1980) Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981) Nasir Jahan (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) Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984) Abida Parveen (1984) Muhammad Ali (1984) Zamir Jafri (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) Intizar Hussain (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) Mushfiq Khwaja (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) 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 Baig (1990) Shaukat Ali (1990) Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990) Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990) Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990) Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990) Qari Mohammad Fida (1990) Parveen Shakir (1990) Iftikhar Arif (1990) Ibrahim Jalees (1990) Dhol Faqeer (1990) Jamiluddin Aali (1991) Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991) Khayyam Sarhadi (1991) Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (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) Mushtaq Gazdar (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) Shujaat Hashmi (1994) Qateel Shifai (1994) Zamir Niazi (1994)) Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994) Nahid Siddiqui (1994)) Laeeq Ahmed (1994) Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994) Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995) Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995) Colin David (1995) Shoaib Hashmi (1995) Rauf Khalid (1995) Laila Shahzada (1995) Hajra Masroor (1995) Khursheed Ahmad (1996) Mashooq Sultan (1996) Safeerullah Lehri (1996) Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996) Qari Noor Mohammad (1996) Rubina Khalid (1996) Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996) Sehba Akhtar (1996) Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996) Ahmad Rahi (1997) Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997) Nadeem Baig (1997) Abdul Hameed (1997) Masroor Anwar (1997) Ahmad Ali Khan (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) Raza Mir (1999)
2000s	Amjad Parvez (2000) Sharif Kunjahi (2000) Shamsher-ul-Hyderi (2000) Jaun Elia (2000) Kajjan Begum (2001) Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001) Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001) Jameel Fakhri (2002) Nazia Hassan (2002) Deena M. Mistri (2002) Askari Mian Irani (2002) Himayat Ali Shair (2002) Shoaib Mansoor (2002) Jilani Kamran (2002) Ajmal Khan (botanist) (2002) Kanwal Naseer (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) Muneeza Hashmi (2003) Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003) Imdad Hussaini (2003) Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004) Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004) Mahtab Rashdi (2004) Chishty 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) Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005) Fahmida Hussain (2005) Amir Adnan (2006) Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006) Arshad Mehmood (2006) Arfa Karim (2006) Fareed Ayaz (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) Masood Akhtar (2006) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006) Riaz Mahmood (2007) Naheed Akhtar (2007) Shaan (2007) Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan (Kirana gharana) (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) Noorul Huda Shah (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 Nazar (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) Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)
2010s	Afzal Tauseef (2010) Musarrat Misbah (2010) Rabia Zuberi (2010) Zulfiqar Ali (2010) Mahmood Shaam (2010) Hameed Akhtar (2010) Fahmida Riaz (2010) Shahid Nadeem (2010) Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010) Masood Mufti (2010) Masood Ashar (2010) Habib-ur-Rehman (2011) Khalida Inayat Noor (2011) Khan Tehsil (2011) Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011) S. Amjad Bukhari (2011) S. B. John (2011) Qasim Jalali (2011) Samina Ahmad (2011) Sohail Ahmed (2011) Ustad Hussain Baksh Gullo (2011) Khalid Ahmad (2011) Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011) Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (2011) Wazir Afzal (2011) Zafar Kazmi (2011) Moin Akhter (2011) Ahmad Salim (2011) Sahira Kazmi (2012) Mohsin Gillani (2012) Nauman Ijaz (2012) Saba Hameed (2012) Jawed Sheikh (2012) Meera (2012) Rahat Naveed Masud (2012) Lutfullah Khan (2012) Kazim Pasha (2012) Tahira Syed (2013) Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013) Alamgir (2013) Shahida Mini (2013) Naghma (2013) Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013) Cecil Chaudhry (2013) Naseeruddin Saami (2013) Shahid Abdullah (2014) Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014) Aurangzeb Leghari (2014) Nazir Leghari (2014) Ayub Khawar (2014) Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015) Ayesha Haroon (2015) Saleem Kausar (2015) Asim Bukhari (2015) Saba Qamar (2016) Waseem Abbas (2016) Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016) Gulab Chandio (2016) Nathoo Khan (2016) Khalid Butt (2016) Ejaz Qaiser (2016) Sarmad Khoosat (2017) Humaira Channa (2017) Ghazi Salahuddin (2017) Rashid Mehmood (2017) Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017) Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017) Aslam Pervaiz (2018) Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018) Amin Hafeez (2018) A. Nayyar (singer) (2018) Abdul Samad (archaeologist) (2018) Bilqees Khanum (2018) Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018) Amanullah (comedian) (2018) Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018) Nighat Butt (2018) Zareen Panna (2018) Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019) Reema Khan (2019) Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019) Nasir Adeeb (2019) Shabbir Jan (2019) Iftikhar Thakur (2019)
2020s - present	Deeba (2020) Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020) Saba Hameed (2020) Sahir Ali Bagga (2020) Waris Baig (2020) Ghulam Abbas 2020 Saieen Zahoor (2020) Fareed Ayaz (for qawwali group member Abu Muhammad) (2020) Sarmad Sehbai (2021) Resham (2021) Sakina Samo (2021) Khalid Masud Gondal (2021) Humayun Saeed (2021) Ayaz Gul (2022) Sarah Khan (2022) Shehryar Zaidi (2022) Sajid Hasan (2022) Ismail Tara (2022) Hafeez Tahir (2023) Sangeeta (2023) Sher Miandad Khan (2023) Ustad Tafu (2023) Anjuman (2023) Naghma (2023) Agha Hasan Askari (2024) Zulfiqar Ali Atre (2024) Suhail Warraich 2024 Sheeba Hassan (2025) Hamid Rana (2025)