Dangal Fame Zaira Wasim's Father Dies, Former Actress Requests Fans To Remember Him In Prayers

Former actress Zaira Wasim on Wednesday announced the demise of her father Zahid Waseem and requested fans to remember him in their prayers. She also shared a throwback picture with her father and penned an emotional note.

Taking to her Instagram handle, she wrote, "Verily the eyes shed tears and the heart grieves, but we will not say except that which is pleasing to our Lord."

While requesting her fans to remember his late father in their prayers, she added, "My father, Zahid Wasim, has passed away. Please remember him in your prayers and ask Allah to forgive his shortcomings, make his grave peaceful, protect him from its torment, ease his journey from here ahead. May he be called to an easy accounting and be granted the highest level of Jannah and Maghrirah. Indeed, we belong to Allah, and Indeed, to Him, we shall return."

She also shared a note on Instagram stories, which reads, "Zahid Waseem, my father, has passed away. I request everyone to remember him in your prayers and seek Allah's forgiveness for him. Please pray that Allah forgives his shortcomings, makes his grave a place of comfort, protects him from any punishment, grants him ease in the Hereafter and bestows upon him the highest level of Jannah and grant him Maghfirah."

Zaira had made her debut in Bollywood portraying a young Geeta Phogat in the biographical sports film 'Dangal' in 2016. She then starred as an aspiring singer in the musical drama 'Secret Superstar'. Her last film appearance was in 'The Sky Is Pink'.

In 2019, she announced through social media about quitting film industry.