Khan was appointed as a CLF Goodwill Ambassador by the Children's Literature Festival on 30 July 2019. His performance in the film earned him a nomination for Lux Style Award for Best Film Actor. In 2017, he starred in the romantic-comedy film Chupan Chupai opposite Neelam Muneer.

Since 2016, he has also turned to production, with the socially relevant series Dukh Sukh, being 'tired of the same old 'saas bahu' dramas', and as of 2018, has produced more than twenty works for television. He received acclaim for his role in the 2016 drama Udaari. He hosted a quiz show Hayya Allal Falah on Hum TV in 2011, during Ramadan. He appeared in Kaise Huye Benaam with Neelam Munir for the first time of many serials. He also appeared in many serials with Sajal Aly including Gohar e Nayab. He also starred in hit serial Marasim opposite Urwa Hocane and Sonya Hussyn. These dramas include blockbusters like Din Dhallay on PTV and Dastaan on Hum TV.He also appeared in many hit serials with his frequent costar Saba Qamar such as Tera Pyaar Nahi Bhole,Na Kaho Tum Mere Nahi.He also appeared in Mere Qatil Mere Dildar and Kabhi Kabhi with Mehwiah Hayat which were hit serials.He played a rich and handsome businessman in Mausam opposite Hareem Farooq and Yumna Zaidi. He then shifted to television appearing in many television dramas throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

Ahsan later appeared in the films Ghar Kab Aao Gay (2000) and Billi. Khan began acting at age 17 when he appeared in the 1998 film Nikah and in the same year appeared in Hans Ki Chaal for PTV. According to Khan, his father is half- Pashtun and his mother is Punjabi. He is the only one to have gone into acting, and when his family moved back to Lahore, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Government College University. He was born in London on 9 October 1981, into a family of five siblings an elder brother, two elder sisters and a twin brother, who is an author and poet (Yasir Khan) from London.

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