Muneeza Hashmi ( ur, ; born 1946) is a broadcaster, television producer, actress and a former general manager of the
Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcasting, broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore.
Background
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(PTV). Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with
public media
Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing ...
. She is currently the General Manager International Relations at
Hum TV
Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL).
Hum Network ...
. She is the youngest daughter of the prominent Pakistani poet
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi:
فیض احمد فیض) was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his time. Outsi ...
.
Education
She received her early education from
Kinnaird College for Women, and her bachelor's from
University of the Punjab
The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...
. She completed her Master's degree in Education from the
University of Hawaii
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...
, USA in 1981.
Career
Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1967 as an assistant producer.
In 1998, she level up to the position of the General Manager of Lahore PTV station.
She also worked in TV dramas in the 1970s written by
Ashfaq Ahmed
Ashfaq Ahmed Khan ( ur, ; 22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaste