Khalida Riyasat (Urdu: خالدہ ریاست; July 7, 1953 – August 26, 1996) was a veteran Pakistani television actress.
[1] Along with Roohi Bano and Uzma Gillani, she dominated Pakistan's television screens from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s.
[8] In another popular venture, she acted alongside actor Moin Akhtar in the cheek-in-tongue long play, Half-Plate by Anwar Maqsood.
[9] Some of her notable plays are Panah, Bandish, Dhoop Dewar, Khoya Hua Aadmi, Silver Jubilee, Tabeer, Ab Tum Ja Saktey Ho and Parosi.
[12] In 2005, Tributes were paid to her and was called a legend at the 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi by television personalities including Moin Akhter, Adnan Siddiqui, Faysal Qureshi, Sultana Siddiqui, Humayun Saeed and Babra Sharif.