Career
He is remembered for his numerous performances on both radio and television including as Safdar in Hamid Mian Kay Haan and Hasnat Bhai on. Born in Saharanpur, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) on 31 December 1942, Ansari migrated with his family to Pakistan in 1948. Radio Ansari is remembered for his role as Safdar in Pakistan Radio"s longest running programme, Hamid Mian Kay Haan (In Hamid Mian"s house).
Ansari died of a brain tumour on August 24, 2005.
Funeral prayers were held at Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi followed by burial at Khurshidpura Graveyard in Hub, Balochistan.