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Muhammad Ali Raza

Pakistani actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ131870549 ↗
Source-derived summary

Muhammad Ali Raza is a Pakistani actor and model who primarily works in Urdu television. Raza gained wider recognition for portraying Daniyal in the romantic drama Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri (2023). He further rose to prominence for his portrayal of Shahnawaz Shah in the drama series Iqtidar

Early life and education

Ali Raza was born and grew up in Lahore, Punjab. He did a one-year diploma in graphic design at the Forman Christian College. Later he studied at University of the Punjab, earning his degree in arts and design.

Career

Ali Raza started his career as a model in 2018. He made his acting debut in 2020 with Hum TV's drama Bhool Jaa Ay Dil.

In 2023, he appeared in the Pakistani dramas Meesni, Muhabbat Gumshuda Meri, Gunah and Mohabbat Kay Baad. In 2024, he was noted for his lead role in Iqtidar, which was well-received and crossed 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming only the thirteenth Pakistani drama to do so, and while still on air. In 2026, he starred in Leader, a political-romantic drama that was appreciated by the public.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023, 2018, 2020, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Muhammad, Raza and Pakistani is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Muhammad Ali Raza” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.