As a child he first appeared in PTV Drama Shama in 1976, where he played only one scene as young Javed Sheikh, who is his real brother.
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However, occasionally be acts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Javed Sheikh.
Sheikh | Javed Akhtar | Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed | sheikh | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Sheikh Hasina | Javed Iqbal | Sheikh Abdullah | Sharm el-Sheikh | Javed Sheikh | Aamina Sheikh | Tasneem Sheikh | Javed Jabbar | Zahid Al-Sheikh | Sheikh Imam | Shahnaz Sheikh | Mohammed ash-Sheikh | Javed Omar | Aaqib Javed | Sheikh Zayed Book Award | Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden | Munir Sheikh | Javed Miandad | Javed Jaffrey | Javed Anand | Abdul Hafeez Sheikh | The classical image of a 'sheikh': Sheikh Sattam de Haddadin | Simon Sheikh | Sheikh Yusuf |
She is the sister of Pakistani film and television actors Javed Sheikh and Saleem Sheikh.
In the meanwhile, Ibad Uzair (Adeel Hussain) is preparing to leave for Columbia University in New York along with his friend Adeel (Ahsan Khan) to pursue his higher studies following the footsteps of his father, Uzair Farooq (Javed Sheikh).
After a successful television acting career, Qayyum is to make her Pakistani film debut in Syed Faisal Bukhari's Saltanat as a lead role opposite Javed Sheikh, Mona Laizza, Ahsan Khan and Javeria Abbassi.