{"id":324167,"date":"2021-08-12T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=324167"},"modified":"2021-08-12T19:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:00:02","slug":"veteran-actor-durdana-butt-passed-away-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/veteran-actor-durdana-butt-passed-away-at-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Actor Durdana Butt Passed Away at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Durdana Butt passes away in Karachi. Pakistan just lost another legend from the golden days of television.<\/p>\n<p>The Karachi Arts Council confirmed the news of her death on Thursday. She was 83. The renowned star was on a ventilator, during the last few days of her life. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/images.dawn.com\/news\/1188188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reports<\/a>, Durdana Butt had been battling cancer but died from COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/veteran-actor-abid-ali-is-no-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veteran Actor Abid Ali Is No More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Earlier this month it was reported that the <strong><em>Fifty-Fifty<\/em><\/strong> comedian was critically ill. She was placed on a ventilator. The <strong><em>Choti Si Kahani<\/em> <\/strong>children show host fought a long battle with the terminal disease.<\/p>\n<p>As news of her passing broke out, celebs that took to social media to pray for her health are now mourning her death.<\/p>\n\t<blockquote  \r\n\t\tclass=\"instagram-media\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSd2qdXgdQG\/\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-version=\"14\" \r\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width:540px; min-width:300px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n\t\n<p>Fellow veterans like Simi Raheal also sent out prayers for the deceased. She penned a heartfelt note describing her time with the fellow veteran. She described the fellow actor as larger than life and a gentle soul.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was the 70s I was at ptv Lahore to do a play for Mohammad Nisar Husain called aghoshewida by Ashfaq Ahmed sahib and that was when we acted together the first time!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t<blockquote  \r\n\t\tclass=\"instagram-media\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSd7u2YhvSn\/\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-version=\"14\" \r\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width:540px; min-width:300px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n\t\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/legendary-comedian-amanullah-passes-away-at-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legendary Comedian Amanullah Passes Away at 70<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>More About Durdana Butt<\/h3>\n<p>Durdana Butt is best known for her roles in various pieces from the golden era of the Pakistan Television Network (PTV). She starred in dramas like <strong><em>Aangan Terha<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Ruswai<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Intezaar<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>Tanhaiyaan<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Later she took up a role in the children&#8217;s show <strong><em>Choti Si Kahani<\/em><\/strong>. She was last seen in the role of Amma in the blockbuster movie <strong><em>Parey Hut Love<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Durdana Butt passes away in Karachi. Pakistan just lost another legend from the golden days of television. The Karachi Arts Council confirmed the news of her death on Thursday. She was 83. The renowned star was on a ventilator, during the last few days of her life. According to reports, Durdana Butt had been battling cancer but died [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/veteran-actor-durdana-butt-passed-away-at-83\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":324172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-social-media","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Pakistan just lost another legend from the golden days of television.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Durdana-Butt-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Durdana-Butt-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Durdana-Butt-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Veteran Actor Durdana Butt Passed Away at 83","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1291,1297&exclude=324167","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324167"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=324167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}