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Celebrities / Actress

Atiqa Odho

Actress, host and entrepreneur

Atiqa Odho is an actress, television host and businesswoman, and the cosmetics brand Odho Cosmetics carries her name. She comes from a Sindhi family and is the granddaughter of the Sardar of Jacobabad. She began working in 1989 as a make-up artist and hairstylist for advertising agencies in Karachi. Anwar Maqsood saw her there and cast her in his play Sitara Aur Mehrunissa (1992).

Television roles followed in Dasht, Nijaat and Harjaee. Her film debut came in Jo Darr Gya Woh Marr Gya (1995), and she later appeared in Mummy and Mujhe Chand Chahiye. In 2008 she produced and acted in Chalo Phir Se Jee Lain, a telefilm about breast cancer awareness. Many viewers know her best as Fareeda, Ashar's mother, in Humsafar (2011). In 2022 she joined the Turkish drama Koyu Beyaz.

She has also served as secretary information of the All Pakistan Muslim League, the party of Pervez Musharraf. In 2026 she is in the cast of Mohabbat Mukhtasir, which is on air on this guide.

In June 2021 she was elected chairperson of the Actors Collective Trust, which works for the welfare of performers.

Credits in detail

Mohabbat Mukhtasir (2026) on air now on HUM TV. Atiqa Odho is in the cast; the serial is written by Nooran Makhdoom (also listed elsewhere as Noor ul Huda Shah) and directed by Meer Sikandar. Also in the cast: Usama Khan, Syeda Madiha Imam and Aly Khan.

Humsafar (2011) aired on HUM TV. Atiqa Odho plays Fareeda; the serial is written by Farhat Ishtiaq and directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat. Also in the cast: Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan and Naveen Waqar.

Known for

Humsafar · Sitara Aur Mehrunissa · Mohabbat Mukhtasir

Now and next

Work on ShowBuzz

  • Mohabbat Mukhtasir

    Drama · HUM TV · 2026. A Sunday HUM serial about relationships, fate and the choices people make in the name of love. Episode uploads have been appearing on the channel’s YouTube at 9:00 pm.

  • Humsafar

    Drama · HUM TV · 2011 · as Fareeda. After her father Baseerat dies, Khirad marries her cousin Ashar and leaves Hyderabad for his Karachi house. Ashar’s mother never accepts her. A jealous Sara and that mother-in-law build a lie that separates the couple, including from the daughter Khirad later raises. The serial is still the drama people mean when they say Pakistani television went global.

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