{"id":106787,"date":"2026-04-07T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=106787"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:57:34","slug":"faysal-quraishi-opens-up-about-being-denied-sitara-e-imtiaz-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/faysal-quraishi-opens-up-about-being-denied-sitara-e-imtiaz-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"Faysal Quraishi Opens Up About Being Denied Sitara-e-Imtiaz Twice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"698\">Renowned Pakistani actor <strong data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"503\">Faysal Quraishi<\/strong> has opened up about not receiving the prestigious <strong data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"573\">Sitara-e-Imtiaz<\/strong>, despite 33 years in the entertainment industry. The actor shared his thoughts during a recent podcast with Shahzad Nawaz.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"887\">Quraishi joked about protesting at the Imtiaz store, saying, \u201cI might stand there and announce I\u2019m in Imtiaz, but I still haven\u2019t received any Sitara. Maybe the store will give me one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"887\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-106793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz.jpeg\" alt=\"Faysal Quraishi Sitara-e-Imtiaz\" width=\"968\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz.jpeg 968w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz-768x451.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz.avif 968w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz-300x176.avif 300w, https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Faysal-Quraishi-Sitara-e-Imtiaz-768x451.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1114\">He revealed that his name was reportedly sent back twice for the award. \u201cIt\u2019s been 33 years, and I don\u2019t know who gets the Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Maybe I\u2019m lacking calcium, that\u2019s why they aren\u2019t giving me the award,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1419\">Despite the humor, Quraishi appeared genuinely disappointed. He said he has questioned why he hasn\u2019t received the presidential honor. \u201cPeople have emailed them about me. I don\u2019t know why. I\u2019m not political, but I am patriotic. I will accept the award if I get it because I truly deserve it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1599\">Fans have shown strong support on social media. Many praised him as one of Pakistan\u2019s finest actors and said he has contributed greatly to the country\u2019s entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1843\">Faysal Quraishi is celebrated for his performances in hits like <em data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1676\">Case No.9<\/em> (2025), <em data-start=\"1685\" data-end=\"1693\">Fitoor<\/em> (2021), and <em data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1717\">Baba Jani<\/em> (2018). 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The actor shared his thoughts during a recent podcast with Shahzad Nawaz. Quraishi joked about protesting at the Imtiaz store, saying, \u201cI might stand there and announce I\u2019m in Imtiaz, but I still haven\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":106792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10875,8593,39512,24380,39511,11125,34131],"class_list":["post-106787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-faysal-quraishi","tag-sitara-e-imtiaz","tag-baba-jani","tag-case-no-9","tag-fitoor","tag-pakistani-actor","tag-pakistani-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106794,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106787\/revisions\/106794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}