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RENOWNED television, radio, film and theatre artiste Zaheen Tahira passed away on Tuesday, bringing curtain down on a career that lasted nearly 50 years.

She started her career with radio, then shifted to TV and even worked in a few films.

With the passage of time, she became everyone’s favorite Tahira Apa and gained the reputation of being one of the most respected actors in Pakistan.

She leaves behind a large number of fans who grew up watching her plays on PTV and other channels.

She suffered a heart attack on June 23 and despite rumours of her death on social media, she came back strongly like most of her iconic TV characters and was discharged from the hospital. Sadly, she left for her heavenly abode in the early hours of Tuesday morning, joining the likes of her co-stars Qazi Wajid who passed away last year and director Syed Atif Hussain who died a couple of months ago.

Born in the Indian city of Lucknow in 1940, she migrated to Pakistan with her family at an early age and