Muneeza Hashmi
Moneeza Hashmi | |
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منیزہ ہاشمی | |
| Born | Muneeza Ahmed 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | Indian (1946-1947) Pakistani (1947-present) |
| Education | Kinnaird College for Women |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab University of Hawaii |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1967 - present |
| Spouse | Humair Hashmi (husband) |
| Children | Ali Madeeh Hashmi (son) Adeel Omer Hashmi (son) |
| Parent(s) | Faiz Ahmad Faiz (father) Alys Faiz (mother) |
| Relatives | Salima Hashmi (sister) Mira Hashmi (niece) Tufail Ahmed (uncle) Shoaib Hashmi (brother-in-law) |
| Awards | Pride of Performance Award (2003) by the President of Pakistan[1] |
Moneeza Hashmi (Urdu: منیزہ ہاشمی; born 1946) is a broadcaster, television producer, actress and a former general manager and director programmes of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with public media. She is the Trustee of Faiz Foundation Trust, Pakistan and main organizer of Faiz Festival Lahore. She is the younger daughter of the prominent Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.[2]
Education
[edit]She received her early education from Kinnaird College for Women, and her Master's from University of the Punjab.[3] She completed her second Master's degree in Education from the University of Hawaii, USA in 1981.[4]
Career
[edit]Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1967 as an assistant producer.[5] In 1998, she level up to the position of the General Manager of Lahore PTV station.[5] She also 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.[6][7]
Hashmi was thrice elected President of the board of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.[8] Later, she returned as board president when the CBA rebranded itself as the Public Media Alliance.[9]
She was appointed to hold the inaugural Benazir Bhutto Chair for Peace, Reconciliation and Development at the Lahore College for Women University in 2013.[10]
In August 2019, Hashmi became the chairperson of the board of governors of the Lahore Arts Council.[11] She is the first woman to hold the board chair.
Personal life
[edit]Hashmi was born to Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Alys Faiz in 1946.[4] She has an older sister, Salima Hashmi, who is an acclaimed artist, educator, and activist.[12] She married Humair Hashmi and has son Ali Madeeh Hashmi, a psychiatrist and writer.[5][13]
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Taal Matol | Various | PTV |
| 1974 | Makoos Raabtey | Angie | |
| 1996 | Paani Per Likha Tha | Aliya |
Awards and honours
[edit]- Hashmi received the Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 2003 for excellence in art.[1]
- She was awarded the Japanese broadcaster NHK's President of NHK Prize for "outstanding achievements in educational media".[14]
- "Hashmi was also awarded the NHK Prize for her role in women empowerment and raising human rights awareness".[7]
Bibliography
[edit]Hashmi's collection of interviews of notable Pakistani women, Kaun Hoon Main? (English: Who Am I?), was published in 2014 by the Sang-e-Meel.[15] In May 2022, she published Conversations with my Father: Forty Years on, a Daughter Responds, a collection of letters her father wrote to her four decades ago.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "President to confer civil awards today". DAWN.COM. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Literary sitting marks Faiz's birth anniversary". DAWN.COM. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "MONEEZA HASHMI | HSHM". Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Muneeza documents women's struggles". DAWN.COM. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Flashback: Breaking the glass ceiling". DAWN.COM. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Japanese Prize: Moneeza Hashmi honoured". The Express Tribune. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ a b TV stalwart Moneeza Hashmi to receive Japanese award on October 22 Images (Dawn Group of Newspapers), Published 30 September 2015, Retrieved 29 October 2022
- ^ "President felicitates Ms Muneeza Hashmi. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "CBA members vote to become the Public Media Alliance". Public Media Alliance. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "LCWU syndicate appoints Moneeza on Benazir Bhutto Chair". Business Recorder. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Lodhi, Adnan (2 August 2019). "Muneeza Hashmi appointed first woman chairperson of Lahore Arts Council". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Herald Exclusive: Ayesha Jatoi interviews Salima Hashmi". DAWN.COM. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ Noorani, Asif (1 May 2016). "Being Faiz". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Japan Prize 2015" (PDF). NHK. 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Muneeza Hashmi's book 'Who Am I?' launched". sdpi.org. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Moneeza Hashmi's book launched". The Express Tribune. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Book by Faiz's daughter launched". The Express Tribune. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.