As Eid celebrations unfold across Pakistan, celebrities are sharing personal traditions and messages that reflect the holiday's core themes of family, gratitude, and compassion.
Speaking with Express Tribune Actor Hira Mani offered a candid glimpse into her Eid routine, emphasising the importance of family time after a busy Ramazan. "Mehendi, bangles, sheer khurma, that's my Eid festival. Please don't disturb me," she said humorously, adding that she looks forward to spending the day with both her in-laws and her own family.
Reflecting on societal perceptions, she remarked, "People say Eid is for a certain age, but Eid has nothing to do with maturity. We should celebrate it with happiness." She also shared a lighthearted take on marriage, saying she enjoys seeing couples shop together: "Husbands holding bags while wives shop ,there's no better scene than that."
Mani started her career as a video jockey before moving on to hosting. She co-hosted the Hum 2 Hamara Show on Hum TV with Mani, which earned her critical recognition, and they both followed it with the Hira Mani Show (2010). Hira made her acting debut along with her husband Mani in ARY Digital's Meri Teri Kahani (2012). The show was inspired by the American series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Both (Mani and Hira) appeared as fictionalized versions of themselves.
Model and entrepreneur Nadia Hussain highlighted the simple joys of Eid, saying the day revolves around family gatherings and visiting loved ones. "It's all about meeting family, a typical Eid atmosphere," she said, adding that preparations from mehendi to bangles, pick up pace after iftar, with Chand Raat marking the start of festivities.
She was born in the United Kingdom. At the age of four, she came to Karachi. Hussain started her career in modelling in 2000, just after she had completed her A-levels. She was the only Pakistani model to have been chosen by Rizwan Beyg for the Sarajevo Fashion Week.
Adding to the fashion conversation, actor Ilma Jaffery shared how trends like Kashmiri bangles and farshi kurtas dominated this Eid season. "At first, I wasn't planning to buy bangles, but since it became such a strong trend, I went for it too, fashion should be taken as fashion," she said.
