12 Things You Didn’t Know About Mahira Khan
1. Education
Mahira Khan did her matriculation from Foundation Public School in Karachi. She then went to California for higher education when she was only 17 years old, where she studied at the University of Southern California.
2. First Job
Her first job in LA was as a cashier at Rite Aid where she had to mop floors, clean toilets, run the till and shut the store at night.
3. Love at First Sight
She met Ali Askari in Los Angeles and fell in love, getting married in 2007. Her father was against the decision of her marriage and felt that she was throwing her life away.
4. Career Break
Mahira Khan began her career as a VJ when she was only 16 years old, hosting the live show Most Wanted three days a week on MTV Pakistan.
5. Pakistan Idol
She was asked to do Pakistan Idol by Geo for which she was excited but the show never happened at the time.
6. Bol
Mahira’s son was only a couple of months old when she began shooting for Bol and had to take various breaks in between shooting to look after her son.
7. Children
She has 1 children so far: a son
8. Most Beautiful Woman
In 2012, she was recognized as the Most Beautiful Woman in Pakistan.
9. A New Serial With Fawad Khan?
She ha another serial coming up opposite Humayu saed i.e Farhat Ishtiaq’s Bin Roye Ansoo!, directed by Haissam Hussain and produced by Momina Duraid.
10. Bollywood
She is ready to hit Bollywood and has been given a role in Yash Raj’s next film.
11. Husband
Her husband is working on creating Pakistan’s first animation series for television.
12. Humanitarian Work
In addition to acting in dramas and films, she is active in humanitarian work and has a number of endorsement deals.