Famed comedian Liaqat Soldier was remembered on his first death anniversary on Friday. Liaquat Ali better known by his stage name Liaquat Soldier was a stage and television comedy actor, writer, and director. He was born in 1952 and started his acting career in 1973.
He featured in over 250 plays and co-starred with many famous theatre personalities, including Moin Akhtar, Furqan Haider, Umer Sharif, Hanif Raja and Shahzad Raza. He came from a modest, low-income family of Marwari background in Karachi. Soldier's unusual last name was given to him by his friend Nazar Hussain, a stage artist.
Overseas, he worked in the United States, Dubai and South Africa. Soldier died of a heart attack at the age of 58 on 30 March, 2011. Before his immediate death, he was reportedly participating in a live TV show during a special transmission of the semi-final between India and Pakistan of the 2011 Cricket World Cup and had died by the time he was transported to the hospital. His death was called "a big loss to the world of comedy dramas," while, a friend described him as not only a good actor but a "humble, good person."
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