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Muneeza Hashmi (born 1946) is a broadcaster, television producer, and a former general manager of the Pakistan Television. Hashmi has over four decades of experience working with public media. She is also 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. She has an older sister, Salima Hashmi, who is an acclaimed artist, educator, and activist.

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

Education

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

Career

Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television (PTV) in 1967 as an assistant producer. In 1998, she assumed the position of the General Manager of the PTV's Lahore station. She was director programmes at PTV at the time of her retirement from the state-run broadcaster.

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

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

In August 2019, Hashmi became the chairperson of the board of governors of the Lahore Arts Council. 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. She was awarded the Japanese broadcaster NHK's President of NHK Prize for "outstanding achievements in educational media".

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