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| Nadia Khan |
These days, Nadia Khan is the judge everyone quotes. On Kya Drama Hai, the weekend drama-review show on 24 News HD, she sits on the panel with Marina Khan and Atiqa Odho and says plainly what she thinks of the week's biggest serials. Her blunt reviews keep making headlines of their own. It is the latest chapter in a career that has already run for more than thirty years, from a children's puppet show to the most famous morning show in Pakistan.
The Morning Show Years
Nadia's second career began in 2003. ARY Digital gave her a morning show, Breakfast with Nadia, broadcast from Dubai. It mixed celebrity guests, culture and everyday life, and it ran for three years. In 2006 she moved to Geo TV, and on 13 November that year the Nadia Khan Show went on air. It became the morning show by which all others in Pakistan were judged. Her guests ranged across film stars, singers, cricketers, religious scholars and politicians — among them Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam, Shahid Afridi and Imran Khan, and visiting Indian stars such as Bobby Deol and Farida Jalal.
The show ran on Geo until 2010, came back as a weekend talk show in 2012 and 2013, and returned once more as a morning show in 2015. Twice, in 2008 and 2009, she won the Masala Lifestyle Award for Best TV Presenter in Dubai. She also hosted an Eid special for Dunya News in 2011 and the game show Croron Mein Khel on BOL Entertainment in 2018, where contestants played for diamonds and a Mercedes. In 2019 she went back to where her career began, hosting Morning @ Home on PTV.
| Years | Show | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1995 | Daak Time with Uncle Sargam | NTM | Children's show; her television debut |
| 2003–2006 | Breakfast with Nadia | ARY Digital | Morning show, broadcast from Dubai |
| 2006–2010 | Nadia Khan Show | Geo TV | The morning show that made her a household name |
| 2012–2013 | Nadia Khan Show (season 2) | Geo Entertainment | Weekend talk show |
| 2015 | Nadia Khan Show (season 3) | Geo Entertainment | Morning show return |
| 2018 | Croron Mein Khel | BOL Entertainment | Game show |
| 2019–2020 | Morning @ Home | PTV Home | Morning talk show |
Before the Mornings: The PTV Actress
Long before the morning shows, Nadia was an actress, and a good one. Her first television appearance came in 1993, on Daak Time, the children's show built around Farooq Qaiser's puppet Uncle Sargam. Her acting break followed in Pal Do Pal, a romance written by Haseena Moin. Then came the role that defined her early career: Farry in Bandhan, another PTV serial. The performance won her the PTV Award for Best Actress.
Through the late 1990s she worked steadily on PTV: Bharam, Mahrukh, Laag, Des Pardes — another Haseena Moin script — and Manzilein in 2000. Then she stepped away from acting for a time. When she came back to television in 2003, it was as a host, and the hosting took over her career for more than a decade. Acting did not disappear completely: she appeared in Koi To Ho in 2005 and Main Aur Tum in 2008, but the morning show chair was where Pakistan saw her every day.
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| Nadia Khan Biography |
The Return to Acting
In 2017, Nadia came back to drama in a serious way. In ARY Digital's Aisi Hai Tanhai she played Kinza, and critics noted how far she had moved from her cheerful morning-show image. Two more strong parts followed in 2018: Zun Mureed on Hum TV, and Kaisi Aurat Hoon Main, where she played Maham. She also appeared in the Eid telefilm Khana Khud Garam Karo the same year.
In 2019 she took on a negative role, playing Aima in Geo's Kam Zarf, and then showed her comic timing in the title role of Dolly Darling. Her most recent drama is Pehchaan on Hum TV in 2022, where she played Safina. She also played Muneera in Wehshi. These days her screen time goes mainly to the Kya Drama Hai panel and to her own channel, but she has never closed the door on acting.
| Year | Drama | Role | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Pal Do Pal | Rameen | PTV |
| 1996 | Bandhan | Farry | PTV |
| 1997 | Bharam | Zarmina | PTV |
| 1997 | Mahrukh | Mahrukh | PTV |
| 1998 | Laag | Safia | PTV |
| 1999 | Des Pardes | Sara | PTV |
| 2000 | Manzilein | Ghazal | PTV |
| 2005 | Koi To Ho | Yasmeen | ARY Digital |
| 2008 | Main Aur Tum | Radha | ARY Digital |
| 2017 | Aisi Hai Tanhai | Kinza | ARY Digital |
| 2018 | Zun Mureed | — | Hum TV |
| 2018 | Kaisi Aurat Hoon Main | Maham | Hum TV |
| 2019 | Kam Zarf | Aima | Geo Entertainment |
| 2019 | Dolly Darling | Dolly | Geo Entertainment |
| 2022 | Pehchaan | Safina | Hum TV |
| 2022 | Wehshi | Muneera | Hum TV |
OutStyle: The YouTube Chapter
In 2017, Nadia started a YouTube channel, OutStyle, built around beauty, fashion and lifestyle — makeup tutorials, honest product talk and everyday vlogging, all in her direct, no-nonsense style. In January 2018 she became the first Pakistani beauty, fashion and lifestyle influencer to pass 100,000 subscribers on the platform. The channel gave her something television never had: a direct line to her audience, with no channel bosses in between. She still posts there, and her interviews and show clips reach millions more viewers online.
Quetta Beginnings
Nadia Khan was born on 22 May 1979 in Quetta. She comes from a Niazi Pashtun family with roots in Jalandhar, in what is now India. Her father, Mohammed Aslam Khan, was an army colonel who had migrated from Hoshiarpur at Partition in 1947 and served in the Pakistan Army from 1959 to 1986. Her mother, Tahira Khan, comes from Sahiwal. The family settled in Rawalpindi, and Nadia studied at the Federal Government Postgraduate College for Women — C.B. College — in Rawalpindi Cantonment.
Family and Marriages
Nadia married young, in the 1990s. Her first husband was Khawar Iqbal, and they have two children, a daughter, Alizah, and a son, Azaan. The marriage ended in divorce after about ten years. Nadia kept quiet about it for a long time. In interviews in 2024 and 2025 she spoke openly about it for the first time, saying the marriage had been a mistake almost from the start and that she stayed as long as she did because of the stigma around divorce.
In December 2020 she married again. Her husband, Faisal Mumtaz Rao, is a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot who retired as a Wing Commander and later served with the UAE Air Force. He is the son of Mumtaz Hamid Rao, a well-known journalist and one of the founders of PTV News. The same year, the couple adopted a baby boy, Kiaan, when he was just twenty days old. Nadia has been clear on one point when asked: this is her second marriage, and she has three children.
Nadia Khan: The Facts
| Full name | Nadia Khan |
| Born | 22 May 1979, Quetta, Pakistan |
| Age | 47 years old |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Profession | Television presenter, actress and producer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Education | Federal Government Postgraduate College for Women (C.B. College), Rawalpindi |
| Parents | Mohammed Aslam Khan (father, retired army colonel), Tahira Khan (mother) |
| Husband | Faisal Mumtaz Rao (married 2020) |
| Children | Alizah Khan (daughter), Azaan Khan (son), Kiaan (adopted son, 2020) |
| Net worth | Not reliably published (see FAQ) |
Honours
| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | PTV Award, Best Actress | Bandhan | Won |
| 2008 | Masala Lifestyle Award, Best TV Presenter | Nadia Khan Show | Won |
| 2009 | Masala Lifestyle Award, Best TV Presenter | Nadia Khan Show | Won |
Questions People Ask
How old is Nadia Khan?
Nadia Khan was born on 22 May 1979 in Quetta. She is 47 years old.
Who is Nadia Khan's husband?
Her husband is Faisal Mumtaz Rao, a retired Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot. They married in December 2020. It is her second marriage.
How many children does Nadia Khan have?
She has three children: a daughter, Alizah, and a son, Azaan, from her first marriage, and an adopted son, Kiaan, whom she and her husband adopted in 2020 when he was twenty days old.
What is Nadia Khan famous for?
She is famous for hosting the Nadia Khan Show on Geo TV, one of Pakistan's biggest morning shows, for her YouTube channel OutStyle, and for acting roles in Bandhan, Aisi Hai Tanhai and Kam Zarf.
What is Nadia Khan doing now?
She is a judge on Kya Drama Hai, the drama-review show on 24 News HD, where her outspoken reviews of current serials regularly make news. She also runs her OutStyle channel on YouTube.
What is Nadia Khan's net worth?
No verified net worth figure for Nadia Khan has been published. Figures quoted on some websites come with no source, so this page does not repeat them.
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