Abu Aleeha

Abu Aleeha is a Pakistani film director and writer. Also known as Ali Sajjad Shah, he started his career as a journalist. He made his directorial debut with the 2019 film, Kataksha and the directed Tevar, Udham Patakh, Kukri,  Super Punjabi, Once Upon a Time in Karachi, Shotcut, Sheenogai and Daadal. His latest film, Taxali Gate was released countrywide on 16 February 2024.

Career
He started his career as an investigative journalist for, Daily Pakistan. After a decade working in Islamabad and Rawalpindi in different Urdu and English newspaper companies, he started working as a content writer and eventually turned filmmaker.