Celebrities / Actor
Wahaj Ali
Actor · Born 1 December 1988
Wahaj Ali is a Pakistani television actor. Early work includes Ishq Ibadat and the ISPR serial Ehd-e-Wafa. He became a leading name as Murtasim in Tere Bin. In 2026 he stars with Mahira Khan in Green Entertainment’s Mitti De Baway, playing Bala.
Born 1 December 1988.
Wahaj Ali became a lead after smaller parts. Ehd-e-Wafa (2019) put him in the four-friend serial with Ahad Raza Mir, Osman Khalid Butt and Ahmed Ali Akbar. Tere Bin, as Murtasim opposite Yumna Zaidi’s Meerab, is the serial that made the name. He won the 2024 Lux Style Award for best television actor, viewers’ choice, for that part.
In 2026 he is on Green Entertainment in Mitti De Baway opposite Mahira Khan’s Billo. The role name on the channel listings used for this update was not stable enough to print.
Awards and honours
- Lux Style Award, best television actor, viewers’ choice, for Tere Bin (2024). He was also nominated in the critics’ choice.
Films, dramas and shows
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ehd-e-Wafa | One of the four friends | HUM, PTV and ISPR. Mustafa Afridi. Character name not pinned on this page. |
| 2022 | Tere Bin | Murtasim | Geo. Yumna Zaidi as Meerab. |
| 2026 | Mitti De Baway | Opposite Billo | Green. Mahira Khan. |
Known for
Tere Bin · Ehd-e-Wafa · Mitti De Baway
Now and next
Work on ShowBuzz
- Mitti De Baway
Drama · Green Entertainment · 2026. Mitti De Baway pairs Mahira Khan and Wahaj Ali on Green Entertainment. Faiza Iftikhar writes and Syed Wajahat Hussain directs. Mahira plays Billo; Wahaj plays Bala.
- Ehd-e-Wafa
Drama · HUM TV, PTV Home and ISPR · 2019. Four school friends whose adult lives pull them into very different Pakistans, including the army. Created with ISPR. Mustafa Afridi writes; Saife Hassan directs.
- Tere Bin
Drama · Geo Entertainment · 2022. A feud between two families, a forced marriage, and Meerab’s refusal to play the obedient bride inside Murtasim’s feudal house. It was Geo’s defining serial of the 2022–23 season and the role that fixed Yumna Zaidi and Wahaj Ali as a pair in the public mind. The run is widely published as 58 episodes.