Hiba Qadir

Hiba Qadir better known as Hiba Bukhari (born 10 April 1988) is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her role as Seemal in  Hum TV's Thori Si Wafa (2017), for which she won the Hum Award for Best Soap Actress and got recognition through her role.

She has also played leading roles in Deewangi (2019), Fitoor (2021), Inteha e Ishq (2021), Meray Humnasheen (2022), Tere Ishq Ke Naam (2023) and is currently seen in ARY Digital's Radd and Geo Entertainment's Jaan Nisar.

Early life and education
Hiba was born in Karachi to a Sindhi family on 10 April 1988. She obtained her F.Sc from Jinnah Government College in Nazimabad.

Personal life
Hiba got married with Bholi Bano and Inteha e Ishq co-actor Arez Ahmed. They later got married in a private Nikah ceremony held on 7 January 2022.

Debut and success (2015–2018)
After making her acting debut in 2015 with a recurring role in Syed Mohammad Ahmed's Teri Meri Jodi, Bukhari appeared in a supporting role of a cunning neighbor in 2016 in Iqra Aziz and Shehzad Sheikh's highly rated Choti Si Zindagi.

In 2017, she appeared as the titular Bano in her first lead role in Geo TV's Bholi Bano alongside Syed Jibran and Arez Ahmed. The series was highly rated. The same year, she played the leading role of a poverty-stricken working woman in Hum TV's soap opera Thori Si Wafa, for which she received the Hum Award for Best Soap Actress at the 6th Hum Awards.

Her first role in 2018 was that of a mischievous college student in Silsilay opposite Junaid Khan earning her little recognition, and she later appeared in A-Plus TV's Haara Dil opposite Danish Taimoor.

Deewangi and its recognition (2019–2020)
In 2019, she played the girl next door in Geo TV's Ramz-e-Ishq, and later appeared in her breakthrough role as a headstrong bus hostess in Deewangi. The series marked her second on-screen appearance with Danish Taimoor and earned her a Lux Style Award for Best Television Actress nomination.

She made her second appearance with Syed Jibran and Arez Ahmed in her only appearance in 2020 on Hum TV's Tarap, where she played a damsel in distress.

Experimental roles and success (2021–present)
In 2021, she played a married woman with a past opposite Faysal Quraishi and Wahaj Ali in Geo Entertainment's Fitoor. It was followed by two unnoticed roles opposite Junaid Khan in A-Plus TV's Inteha e Ishq and ARY Digital's Berukhi.

In 2022, she appeared as a determined Pashtun medical student in Geo TV's Meray Humnasheen. The same year, her performance as a mother of two seeking divorce from her husband in Hum TV's Pehchaan received critical praise. She then made her fifth on-screen appearance with real-life partner Arez Ahmed in Aan TV's Ishq Nahin Aasan.

Her first role in 2023 was that of the sopilt daughter of a rich and influential father in ARY Digital's Tere Ishq Ke Naam opposite Zaviyar Nauman Ijaz and Usama Khan. Bukhari then appeared as a strong-headed school teacher in Hashim Nadeem's written Jhok Sarkar opposite Farhan Saeed.

In 2024, Hiba appeared in Geo Entertainment's television series Jaan Nisaar along with the Deewangi duo Danish Taimoor. Her character and the series are praised by the audiences. She also appeared in the lead role with Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui and Arslan Naseer in drama series Radd on ARY Digital.