The actor, who left behind a legendary legacy, was born on June 20, 1931, in Faisalabad, Pakistan, and spent his early years in Karachi. He died on Monday at the age of 91 years old.
After then, Mohyeddin gave recitations to Urdu poetry and prose all over the world and was regarded as the best reader of Urdu literature.
He is also well known for reading English letters and literature.
Mohyeddin wed Azra, his third wife, in the middle of the 1990s. They had a daughter together named Aaliya Mohyeddin in 2002 when Zia was about 70 years old.
Mohyeddin was invited by Pervez Musharraf, who was the president of Pakistan at the time, to build the National Academy of Performing Arts in Karachi, which he has led since its founding, in February 2005.
What are the awards of Zia Mohiuddin?
His awards include:
- President of Pakistan’s 2012 Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award, also known as the “Crescent of Excellence” Award
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award, given by the Pakistani government in 2003 as “Star of Excellence”
- On November 29, 2017, the Pakistani community in Dubai and the Pakistan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gave the Lifetime Achievement Award.