Danish Ali is a stand-up comedian, director, actor and a radio personality who directs his own videos and posts them on the social media as well. His videos have received about over 6 million views, which make him the first Pakistani to have over 6 million views on YouTube. He also wrote Pakistan’s first English language comedy TV show called ‘The Real News’ which he also hosted himself. This show was aired on ‘Al Jazeera’. His shows include ‘The Real Show with Danish Ali’ on Aaj TV, ‘The Juicy Show with Danish Ali’ on lights Asia, Danish Ali Aap Kay Saath’ on Health TV and ‘Drive on with Danish Ali’ on FM91.
Danish is the first comedian who has been sponsored by the United States Department of State on a 3 week long comedy tour of America. He got an opportunity to perform in mega cities like New York at the Friar’s Comedy Club; UCB east, Dartmouth College and Headlining .This is a big achievement of Danish who had the opportunity to represent Pakistan in this capacity. He has also been hired by franchises like Cornetto, Nokia and EatOye to make viral videos on Facebook.
Danish is a big success as a stand-up comedian. His show with Saad Haroon ‘This is a stand up Comedy’ ran for 12 nights in Karachi. The show was sponsored by McDonald’s and Airblue. He also performs live for corporate clients such as ‘The British Council’, US Conciliate’, Warid’, ‘Telenor’, Ufone’, Oreo’, ‘Unilever’,’Siemens’ etc. He has also performed at various schools and universities. Danish holds a doctors degree from Ziauddin Medical University. You can view his videos on danishali.com, and youtube.com/user/dan1ali.