Sultana Zafar

Sultana was born on 21 February 1955 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.^[7] She completed her studies at the University of Hyderabad.^[7]

Sultana started acting in dramas of PTV Centre Karachi in 1972.^[8] Sultana was known for being well-mannered, and for her fine speech and graceful and dignified presence, which helped her and became the reasons for her success in the acting career. She was also known for her serious style acting with her Hyderabad accent dialogue delivery.^[9][8] Sultana portrayed characters imbibing family values and traditions of the time on PTV in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.^[9] She was noted for her roles in dramas Akhri Chattan, Aroosa, Khala Khairan and Aangan Terha.^[10][11] She also appeared in dramas Akhri Chattan, Nadan Nadia, Ana, Zeenat, Tanhaiyaan and Babar.^[12][13][14] Since then she appeared in dramas Ru Baru, Zid, Haq Meher, Woh and Munkir.^[15][16]

Sultana was married to actor Zafar Ali and had three children and she used to live in Dallas in the United States. There she used to run her boutique called Armale Studios.^{[citation needed]} The actress Huma Akbar is her niece, together they worked in drama Shaheen and Huma also appeared in dramas Karawaan, Choti Choti Baatein and Khaleej.^[17]

Sultana died at the age of 86 in Dallas, Texas, on 16 July 2021.^[18][19][20]