Sufia Karim made her first appearance on 12 January 1988, and her last appearance on 21 June 1990. She is portrayed by Rani Singh.
Backstory[]
Sufia married her husband Ashraf in an arranged marriage. He was older than her and moved to Britain in 1968, whilst she was a child still living in Bangladesh. They married in Bangladesh and moved to Britain in 1973 and had two children - Sohail and Shireen.
Storylines[]
Sufia arrives in Walford in 1988 when she moves into 55 Victoria Road with her family and works in the shop First 'til Last with her husband.
In 1989 she discovers that Ashraf is having an affair with a woman named Stella. Sufia decides to leave Ashraf, but he talks her round and she stays, as Ashraf and Stella's relationship had ended.
Ashraf and Sufia arrange a marriage for their daughter Shireen with a man named Jabbar Ahmed. Ashraf has started seeing Stella again and Jabbar's family find out about his infidelity and call off the engagement. Sufia and Jabbar's mother help Jabbar and Shireen to secretly continue with the engagement as they have fallen in love. The Karims leave Walford to live in Bristol in June 1990.