1. Salima Hashmi is a Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry.
25 Facts About Salima Hashmi
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Salima Hashmi has served for four years as a professor and the dean of National College of Arts.
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Salima Hashmi is the eldest daughter of the renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his British-born wife Alys Faiz.
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Salima Hashmi represents the first generation of modern artists in Pakistan who carry an artistic identity different from indigenous artists.
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Salima Hashmi is known for condemning the Pakistani and Indian nuclear programs; she is one of the few Pakistani intellectuals who condemned the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998.
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Salima Hashmi received the Pride of Performance Award in 1999 for her services to the nation.
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Salima Hashmi has one younger sister, Muneeza Hashmi, a senior producer with Pakistan TV.
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Salima Hashmi's mother, Alys Faiz, was a sister of Christobel Taseer, mother of Salman Taseer, the former Governor of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Salima Hashmi migrated with her family to Lahore during the partition of India in 1947 and was raised in Lahore.
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Salima Hashmi later studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, and received a MAE degree in 1990.
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Salima Hashmi's husband Shoaib Hashmi retired from a teaching position at Government College University, Lahore, and Lahore School of Economics, and was a popular co-star with her in comedy and children's television shows on Pakistan television in the early 1970s - for example the highly popular 1970s children's show 'Akkar Bakkar'.
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Salima Hashmi was professor and the head of the National College of Arts.
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Salima Hashmi is famous for her quick wit and ability to read and analyse artwork.
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Salima Hashmi is a respected patron of young artists known to have the capacity to make or break a career.
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Salima Hashmi is a member of Amnesty International, and Pakistan Peace Initiative to India after 2009 Mumbai Attack.
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Salima Hashmi is vice-chair person Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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Salima Hashmi is one of the most well-known artists of Pakistan.
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Salima Hashmi co-founded Lahore's Rohtas 2 Gallery, an art gallery featuring works of young artists.
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Salima Hashmi has exhibited her works internationally and she has travelled all over the world and lectured extensively for it.
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Salima Hashmi has organised several international art shows in England, Europe, United States, Australia, Japan and India.
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Salima Hashmi's father was the communist Pakistani writer, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and her mother, the British-born Alys Faiz was a journalist and peace activist in Pakistan.
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One of two daughters, Salima Hashmi was always active in the arts, performing in plays before taking on painting professionally.
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Salima Hashmi was about eight years old when Faiz Ahmed Faiz was imprisoned for his political views.
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Later, during the repressive years of General Zia-ul-Haq rule, Salima Hashmi's father had to go into self-exile as a result of the harassment he faced by Zia's government.
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Salima Hashmi authored a critically lauded book titled "Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan" in 2001.