{"id":23111,"date":"2026-07-03T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/farooq-qaiser-passes-away-at-75\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:22:53","slug":"farooq-qaiser-passes-away-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23111","title":{"rendered":"Farooq Qaiser passes away at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Farooq Qaiser, the man behind Uncle Sargam passed away in Islamabad on Friday due to cardiac arrest. The heartbreaking news was confirmed by his family.<\/p>\n<p>The puppeteer&#8217;s portrayal of the iconic puppet, Uncle Sargam became hugely popular in Pakistan and remained a household name for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Sargam was first introduced in a television show for kids, <em>Kaliyan<\/em>. The show aired on Pakistan Television (PTV) in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>He was a columnist, director, puppeteer, scriptwriter and voice-over artist. He also wrote numerous entertaining books and also provided educational services in India for two years as part of Unesco.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging Farooq&#8217;s contributions, he was awarded the Presidential Pride of Performance award in 1993 for his work.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan extended his condolences on Qaiser&#8217;s death. He shared that adding that he was saddened to learn of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was not just a performer but would constantly raise awareness about social injustices and issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saddened to learn of Farooq Qaiser&#39;s death. He was not just a performer but would constantly raise awareness about social injustices and issues. My condolences and prayers go to his family.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1393251175043112960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Several celebrities remembered the iconic puppeteer and expressed their sadness on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speechless &#8230;.just tweeted this video a few days back . We will miss you <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/farooqqaiser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#farooqqaiser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/unclesargam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@unclesargam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AAvZQQc822\">https:\/\/t.co\/AAvZQQc822<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shehzad Roy (@ShehzadRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShehzadRoy\/status\/1393232866826403846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the most inspiring human beings I knew. A writer\/artist that I had the privilege to meet at the President\u2019s award ceremony just recently. Even sitting on his chair, he seemed taller than the rest with a look of eternal love and respect in his eyes. R.I.P <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FarooqQaiser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarooqQaiser<\/a> \ud83d\udc94 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jahO5bsdLI\">pic.twitter.com\/jahO5bsdLI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AliZafarsays\/status\/1393262705566441481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Farooq Qaiser sb,His claim to fame was always &quot;kaliyaan&quot; and Uncle Sargam BUT his consistent yet undertone satirical thought process abt the socio-political culture of Pak was unmatched.&quot;Hu-bahu&quot;(sitcom) penned by him was one of my personal favourites. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FarooqQaiser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarooqQaiser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jcXlKzh8Cl\">pic.twitter.com\/jcXlKzh8Cl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; vasay chaudhry (@vasaych) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vasaych\/status\/1393287608676065283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alvida, Uncle Sargam. You won hearts of children and adults alike. Your remarkable satire to speak about social issues will be missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FarooqQaiser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarooqQaiser<\/a>, may you be in peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SZt6pJXRRk\">https:\/\/t.co\/SZt6pJXRRk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vps372W29d\">pic.twitter.com\/vps372W29d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adnan Siddiqui (@adnanactor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adnanactor\/status\/1393301591223066630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>RIP Uncle Sargam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farooq Qaiser, the man behind Uncle Sargam passed away in Islamabad on Friday due to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[358],"class_list":["post-23111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","tag-uncle-sargam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}