Moneeza Hashmi is a broadcaster, television producer, actress and a former general manager and director programmes of the Pakistan Television Corporation.
14 Facts About Muneeza Hashmi
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Muneeza Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with public media.
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Muneeza Hashmi is the Trustee of Faiz Foundation Trust, Pakistan and main organizer of Faiz Festival Lahore.
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Muneeza Hashmi is the younger daughter of the prominent Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
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Muneeza Hashmi received her early education from Kinnaird College for Women, and her Master's from University of the Punjab.
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Muneeza Hashmi completed her second Master's degree in Education from the University of Hawaii, USA in 1981.
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Muneeza Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television Corporation in 1967 as an assistant producer.
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Muneeza Hashmi worked in TV dramas in the 1970s written by Ashfaq Ahmed and Bano Qudsia and she was director programmes at PTV at the time of her retirement from the state-run broadcaster.
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Muneeza Hashmi was thrice elected President of the board of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.
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Muneeza Hashmi was appointed to hold the inaugural Benazir Bhutto Chair for Peace, Reconciliation and Development at the Lahore College for Women University in 2013.
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Muneeza Hashmi is the first woman to hold the board chair.
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Muneeza Hashmi was born to Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Alys Faiz in 1946.
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Muneeza Hashmi has an older sister, Salima Hashmi, who is an acclaimed artist, educator, and activist.
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Muneeza Hashmi married Humair Hashmi and has son Ali Madeeh Hashmi, a psychiatrist and writer.