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Ashiq Khan (pronounced [‘aa shek ˈxaːn]; born June 7th 1989), is Qatar based Pakistani film actor. Khan has acted in some short films, music videos and commercials.

Early life
Khan was born on 7 June in Doha, Qatar. His father is from Peshawar, According to Khan, his father served in Pakistan Army and then served Qatar Army in the early 70's. Khan's father came to Doha from Peshawar in 1970. Ethnically, he describes himself as Pathan(Pashtun) through his parents. Growing up in Doha and Islamabad. Khan attended 'Pakistan Education Centre', Doha, 'The City School', Islamabad and 'Asas International School', Islamabad. Khan later attended the 'Islamic International University' and earned his Bachelors degree in I.R. He later opted out to pursue a career in short films in Doha. He also attended the Doha Film Institute for workshops.

Acting career
Ashiq Khan made his acting debut with the roles of an elf and the clown director of the Doha Film Institute Adverts for the 2nd edition of Doha Tribeca Film Festival in 2010. He was part of the Haggle Tour 'The Haggler - Financing' From playing the roles of an elf and director, he learned how to act and behave in front of a camera and my love for filming increased exponentially through this experience.

Furthermore, he was able to further develop his love for filming and decided to gave an audition for a role in the legendary director Jean Jacques Annaud’s latest feature Black Gold. in order to act in the film and develop his love for filming, ultimately not gaining the role but gaining further knowledge on how to perform and the art of filming.

Lately, one of his greatest passions is scriptwriting, acting and film making. He has participated in various workshops with Doha Film Institute, Additionally, he took part in a workshop entitled 'Acting for the Camera Workshop with Ashraf Farah 2011' where he learned different techniques for acting in front of a camera in a convincing and natural fashion, making him grow as an aspiring actor

He got an opportunity to playing the role of a journalist in ‘Taymour’, Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC TV) series that was scheduled to be broadcast during the holy month of Ramadan last year.

He participated in Stunt Workshop to show his interests and love for Stunt acting, where he learn how to direct and perform high end stunts learning from a professional stunt man. He has learn how to work with the team in a very professional way, understanding the team work and serious techniques for film stunts in front of a camera and they shoot a short film of stunt acting at the workshop entitled 'Once upon a time in Qatar' and another video is 'Combat Fighting'

He was just part of the 1 Minute workshop in filming the video in Souq Waqif. As the Workshop was about teaching the fundamental techniques for first-time filmmakers; from screenwriting and pre-production to directing and post-production.

Finally, he wrote a script 'Finally Meeting' for a 10 minutes film workshop, showing the way in which he is not only interested in acting but that writing is another one of my great passions. He is a passionate and dedicated person, and when it comes to something he desire, he walks the extra mile and give the best of himself in order to pursue his final goal.