Actor and comedian Masood Khawaja passes away in Rawalpindi.

Renowned actor and comedian Masood Khawaja passed away on Monday. His death was confirmed by the medical superintendent of the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.

Khawaja had been getting treatment at the hospital where he was admitted due to a kidney disease. The actor had earlier appealed to the prime minister and chief minister of Punjab for help.

Founder and CEO of Pakistan Sweet Home, an orphanage for underprivileged orphans, Zummarad Khan was one of the last people to have met the actor. Khan and producer Asma Butt went to visit Khawaja at the hospital while he was sick along with some others.

The comedian's body was shifted to Sweet Home instead of his house from the hospital. He is survived by two...

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