Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (،

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Channa) is a well-known television host and anchor, actress, government official, politician, campaigner for human rights and has been a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, its provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakis ...

, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

She was born on 3 March 1947 in Naudero. She earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Government Girls College Hyderabad. She received the Bachelor of Education and the degree of Master of Arts in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

, both from the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh (; ; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro in the Sindh province. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2 ...

. She also did Master of Arts in Political Science from

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on the

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Career

Mahtab started working at Radio Pakistan as a child actress and then she worked in PTV dramas. Later she started hosting children shows and then she co-hosted ''Roshan Tara'' and ''Feroza'' with her friend

Khushbakht Shujaat Khushbakht Shujaat (; born 1 November 1948) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2015. Previously, she had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Early life and e ...

. In 2004, ''

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'' awarded her the ''

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'' for her contributions towards the television industry.

Political career

She was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (F) The Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) (, Acronym and initialism, acronym: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a Nationalism in Pakistan, nationalist and pro-Hurs clan political party in Pakistan. It is one of the List of Muslim League breakaway groups, br ...

on a reserved seat for women in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

Personal life

In 1981, she married Akbar Rashdi, a Bureaucrat. Later, she herself joined bureaucracy and started heading several departments including education, information and culture. She has two children.

Awards and recognition

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rashdi, Mahtab 1947 births Living people 20th-century Pakistani actresses Pakistani actor-politicians 21st-century Pakistani actresses Pakistani civil servants Pakistani women civil servants Sindh MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistani television actresses Pakistan Muslim League (F) politicians University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences alumni University of Sindh alumni People from Larkana District Recipients of the Pride of Performance 21st-century Pakistani women politicians Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters Pakistani women radio presenters Radio personalities from Lahore Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029