Muneeza Hashmi

Muneeza Hashmi (born 1946) is a broadcaster, television producer, and a former general manager of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with public media. She is the youngest daughter of the prominent Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Personal life

Hashmi was born to Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Alys Faiz in 1946.[1] She has an older sister, Salima Hashmi, who is an acclaimed artist, educator, and activist.[2]

She married Humair Hashmi and has two children, the actor Adeel Hashmi and Ali Madeeh Hashmi, a psychiatrist and writer.[3][4]

Education

Hashmi has a Master's degree in Education from the University of Hawaii, US.[1]

Career

Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1967 as an assistant producer.[3] In 1998, she level up to the position of the General Manager of Lahore PTV station.[3] She was director programmes at PTV at the time of her retirement from the state-run broadcaster.[5]

Hashmi was twice elected President of the board of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.[6] Later, she returned as board president when the CBA rebranded itself as the Public Media Alliance.[7]

She was appointed to hold the inaugural Benazir Bhutto Chair for Peace, Reconciliation and Development at the Lahore College for Women University in 2013.[8]

In August 2019, Hashmi became the chairperson of the board of governors of the Lahore Arts Council.[9] She is the first woman to hold the board chair.

Awards and honours

Hashmi received the Pride of Performance award in 2003 for excellence in art.[10] She was awarded the Japanese broadcaster NHK's President of NHK Prize for "outstanding achievements in educational media".[11]

Bibliography

Hashmi's collection of interviews of notable Pakistani women, Kaun Hoon Main? (English: Who Am I?), was published in 2014 by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute.[12]

References
  1. Reporter, A. (2014-04-05). "Muneeza documents women's struggles". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. Exclusive, Herald (2011-02-02). "Herald Exclusive: Ayesha Jatoi interviews Salima Hashmi". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. InpaperMagazine, From (2011-10-22). "Flashback: Breaking the glass ceiling". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  4. Noorani, Asif (2016-05-01). "Being Faiz". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  5. "Japanese Prize: Moneeza Hashmi honoured". The Express Tribune. 2015-09-30.
  6. "President felicitates Ms Muneeza Hashmi. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  7. "CBA members vote to become the Public Media Alliance". Public Media Alliance. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. "LCWU syndicate appoints Moneeza on Benazir Bhutto Chair". Business Recorder. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  9. Lodhi, Adnan (2019-08-02). "Muneeza Hashmi appointed first woman chairperson of Lahore Arts Council". The Express Tribune.
  10. "President to confer civil awards today". DAWN.COM. 2003-03-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  11. "Japan Prize 2015" (PDF). NHK. 2015-09-03.
  12. "Muneeza Hashmi's book 'Who Am I?' launched". sdpi.org. Retrieved 2019-10-12.


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