Khalid Abbas Dar

Khalid Abbas Dar is an actor, entertainer, mimic, one-man show and a television host in Pakistan.

Khalid Abbas Dar is an entertainer; who performs on radio, television and theater. He is an actor, mimic, entertainer, theatrical figure, film star, anchor person, stage and theater director and producer. He has worked for over five and a half decades and today Khalid Abbas Dar is recognized as a well-known entertainer in Pakistan.

His career spans from 1955 to date. From his earliest recordings for Radio Pakistan, he prospered onto television, the silver screen, on stage and numerous live performances on leading Award Shows of National & International significance. His achievements are numerous, and can overfill pages. From his early recognition with the Roll of Honor in 1966 by the Government College Lahore for his talents in “mimicry and one man show” – which remains the first and last such award to be presented to an artist in over one and a half century, to another rare distinction of being awarded Presidential Award for Pride of Performance in 1998-99 and another National Award significantly with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2006-07 given by the Government of Pakistan.

Khalid Abbas Dar started his career as a child performer on Radio Pakistan in 1955, and was the first ever “One Man Show” performer of PTV ever since its inception in 1964. Considering his par excellence, Governor West Pakistan, Ameer Muhammad Khan of Kalabagh called him for a show at the Governors House. He was then asked by the GHQ to perform for the Pakistan troops after the ceasefire of the 1965 war between Pakistan & India with other leading cultural figures such as Mehdi Hassan, Ustaad Amanat Ali, Fateh Ali Khan, Naseem Begum, Fareeda Khanum, Roshan Ara Begum. Khalid Abbas Dar conducted 33 such events for the Pakistan Army, Air Force & Navy at different locations including one on the INS Saraswati which was captured by the Pakistan Navy, adored by the then Vice Admiral A.R. Khan. After half a million troops being entertained, the then President of Pakistan Field Marshal General Ayub Khan honored the show on 20 September 1966 at the Ayub National Park Rawalpindi.

His versatility is such that be it radio, television, cinema or stage, success has followed Khalid Abbas Dar wherever he has ventured. It is the hard work and talent meshed into one that has paved the way all through these decades leading up to the present day.

Numerous personal achievements showcase his career. Be it his innumerable radio & television performances to his on-stage prowess which includes the production of the cultural show presented to 45 Heads of State at the Islamic Conference of 1974 at Lahore, assigned to him by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

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