Sohail Ahmed is a senior and famous Pakistani comedian, stage and TV actor, who is also known as Azizi. He was born 1st May, 1963 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, who is Known for his Lahore-based stage plays and TV dramas. He also appears in a popular Dunya TV show Hasb-e-Haal. His character Azizi was developed by Aftab Iqbal when he started Hasb e Haal on Dunya News. In this drama directed by Shahid Ijaz, Sohail got the role of a rogue hotel employee, money recovery from his customers was his responsibility. Renowned artist Mastana was also part of the drama team.

Sohail Ahmed did his first drama ‘Jamala Te Kamala’ in Lahore as a student of ‘Taya Ji’. Since then, he has performed brilliantly in numerous stage and TV dramas. He also had the opportunity to speak on the radio. He played his role brilliantly in ‘ Khirki Aur Aina’, ‘ Fashaar’, Shab Daig’, ‘Day’, ‘Haveli’, ‘Dukh Sukh’, ‘Ranjish’, ‘Kiran’, ‘Chotu Ki Kahani’, ‘Chotay’, ‘Ghareeb Shehar’, ‘Kachay Dhagay’, ‘Kajal Ghar ‘, ‘Susar-in-law’. 

Sohail acted as a hero in Pakistan’s first silver screen art movie “Nawein Nakoor”. Nisar Hussain made this film for the London Film Festival. When Usman Pirzada made the commercial film “Gori Diyan Jhanjharan”, his focus was on Sohail Ahmed. ‘Hasb E Haal’ is a political comedy program aired on Dunya News. It started in 2009. The basic idea of this show was given by Aftab Iqbal. The program humorously discusses economic and social issues. Sohail plays the role of Azizi.

Sohail Ahmed was most influenced by his father, Mian Muhammad Akram, in his life. He was a very sophisticated, organized, and principled man. Despite being a DSP in the police department, he was not arrogant. Sohail Ahmed’s elder brother Dr. Javed is a journalist. He has been doing programs on a TV channel with the title ‘Kali Faqir Di’ regarding mystical poetry. His other brother Prof. Aurangzeb is teaching in Gujranwala while Prof. Junaid Akram is teaching in a college in Lahore.