<p>Khan was admitted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital here after he complained of chest pain. Doctors later announced that he had died of a heart attack. He will be buried in his hometown of Kasur.<br />Khan was one of the most respected figures in the film industry here and people in show business termed his death a great loss.<br /><br />"He was a good human being and a fantastic performer," said Reema Khan, a well known actress-cum-director of Lollywood.<br /><br />Khan's film career spanned over five decades during which he worked in over 400 movies in the Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi languages. His first film "Parwaz" was released in 1954.<br />He mostly play character roles till he got a break as a leading man in the Urdu film "Ziddi" in 1973. There was no looking back and he became a superstar Punjabi hero in the 1970s.</p>
<p>Khan was admitted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital here after he complained of chest pain. Doctors later announced that he had died of a heart attack. He will be buried in his hometown of Kasur.<br />Khan was one of the most respected figures in the film industry here and people in show business termed his death a great loss.<br /><br />"He was a good human being and a fantastic performer," said Reema Khan, a well known actress-cum-director of Lollywood.<br /><br />Khan's film career spanned over five decades during which he worked in over 400 movies in the Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi languages. His first film "Parwaz" was released in 1954.<br />He mostly play character roles till he got a break as a leading man in the Urdu film "Ziddi" in 1973. There was no looking back and he became a superstar Punjabi hero in the 1970s.</p>