Waseem Abbas

• Name — Waseem Abbas • Honorific Suffix — Pride of Performance Award • Born — 9 September 1960 • Birthplace — Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan • Native Name — وسیم عباس • Occupation — * Actor • Director • Screenwriter • Years Active — 1978–present • Spouse — Saba Hameed • Children — Ali Abbas (son) • Parents — Inayat Hussain Bhatti (father) • Relatives — Kaifi (uncle) Hameed Akhtar (father-in-law) Aagha Ali (nephew)

Waseem Abbas was born in Lahore, Punjab on 9 September 1960. He is the son of singer, actor and director Inayat Hussain Bhatti. His paternal uncle Kaifi (full name Kifayat Hussain Bhatti) was also an actor and director. He has three sisters and an elder brother, Nadeem Abbas Bhatti, who worked as an actor before switching to film production and distribution. He has four children from his first marriage. He divorced his wife and married actress Saba Hameed in 1993. In 2026, he confirmed that their marriage had lasted 29 years but that they were now divorced. His son from his first marriage, Ali Abbas, is also an actor. Through one of his sisters, his nephew is actor and singer Aagha Ali.

His father, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, was against his decision to join the entertainment industry, and when he tried his luck on radio he was rejected. He then became an assistant director for a stage play, where he would also act, before getting his TV break on the PTV drama Ek Haqeeqat Ek Fasana in 1978.

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Screenwriter — Channel • 1983 — Samundar — Yasir — PTV • 1986 — Hazaron Raaste — Zubair • 1987 — Raat — Gulrez • 1990 — Fishaar — Fareed • 1992 — Din — Faran • 1995 — Raiza Raiza — Qadir • 1997 — Ashiyana — Nouman • Family Front — Azam • 1998 — Home Sweet Home — Kashif • 2002 — Landa Bazar — Mehar Charagh — STN • 2005 — Double Sawari — Chiraag — PTV • 2006 — Mr. & Misses — Saleem — PTV Home • 2007 — Lahori Gate • 2008 — Choki # 420 — Aaj News • 2010 — Natak Mandi — PTV • 2011 — Anokhi — A-Plus TV • Samundar Jheel Kaisay Ho — PTV • 2012 — Mera Saaein (season 2) — Malik Yawar Hayat — ARY Digital • 2013 — Zindagi Gulzar Hai — Mohammad Murtaza — Hum TV • Parchaiyan — Qazim — ARY Digital • Babar Javed — Farhan — Geo News • 2014 — Kala Jadoo (season 2) — ARY Digital Network • Ladoon Mein Pali — Laraib's father — Geo News • 2015 — Mera Naam Yousuf Hai — Maulvi Noor Mohammed — A-Plus Entertainment • Tumhari Natasha — Natasha's father — Hum TV • Maan — Rashid • Bay Qasoor — Waseem — ARY Digital • 2016 — Deewana — Tabraiz — Hum TV • Aap Ke Liye — Imdad Hussain — ARY Digital • 2017 — Nazr-e-Bad — Shafiq Ur Rehman — Hum TV • Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti — Tasleem Butt — ARY Digital • Dil Nawaz — Khalid — A-Plus TV • Lal Ishq — Mehr • Faisla — ARY Digital • 2018 — Do Biwiyan Ek Bechara • Qaid — Taufiq — Geo News • 2019 — Kaisa Hai Naseeban — Jamal — ARY Digital • Meher Aur Meherban — Munawwar Hayaat — Urdu 1 • Hania — Ahsan — ARY Digital • Mein Na Janoo — Waleed — Hum TV • Naqab Zan — Dua's father • 2020 — Kashf — Imtiaz Ahmed • Prem Gali — Hamza's father — ARY Digital • 2021 — Sila-e-Mohabbat — Tabrez's father — Hum TV • Bebasi — Tameezuddin • Mere Humsafar — Raees — ARY Digital • Khuda Aur Muhabbat season 3 — Taufeeq — Geo Entertainment • 2022 — Zakham — Arif • 2023 — Heer Da Hero — Arshad Butt • Jinnzada • Pyari Nimmo — Hanif • Dooriyan — Hum TV • 2024 — Akhara — Chaudhry Hakim Ali — Green Entertainment • 2025 — Masoom — Nawab — Hum TV