Khalida Riyasat July 1953 – 26 August 1996 was a veteran Pakistani television actress. Along with Roohi Bano and Uzma Gillani, she dominated Pakistan’s television screens from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.
Khalida Riyasat was born in 1953 in Karachi. She was the younger sister of notable television personality Ayesha Khan.
Riyasat’s earliest drama was the detective series Naamdaar. Her career began with Haseena Moin’s classic Bandish in the late 1970s.In another popular venture, she acted alongside actor Moin Akhtar in the tongue-in-cheek long play, Half-Plate by Anwar Maqsood. Some of her notable plays are Panah, Bandish, Dhoop Dewar, Khoya Hua Aadmi, Silver Jubilee, Tabeer, Ab Tum Ja Saktey Ho, and Parosi.
Recently, Raza Faisal, son of Khalida Riyasat, introduced himself on a YouTube channel. He is the nephew of Ayesha Khan Sr.
