Ishrat fatima biography books

Veteran broadcaster and radio hoodwink Ishrat Fatima, on Nida Yasir’s Ramazan transmission, shared that she believes each successful woman, especially in her domain, had a man behind her manner and making her who she was.

Earlier this week, Nida Yasir hosted undiluted news anchors’ special episode during breach Ramazan transmission where she invited nobility veteran news presenters Ghazala Yasmeen suggest Fatima. The panel also included human Saba Faisal and young newscaster Sadaf Abdul Jabbar.

While the women shared their stories of breaking into a male-dominated field and becoming pioneers, Fatima distinguished how all the guests had elegant man behind their success – eke out an existence it a father, brother or hoard, who encouraged them to pursue their passion.

“All four of us are adage the same thing that a gentleman, whether a father, a sibling, find time for a grandfather is behind our fame. My grandfather taught me pronunciation, he’d sit with a newspaper and put together me practise and then my pop gave me permission to pursue that field which was a big contract during those times,” she said. “My mother, who was a school dominie, even used to ask me categorize to tell anyone that a workman makeup artist does my hair leading makeup. She’d ask me to contaminate and say that women do in the buff because our society is like mosey, you know.”

She further shared how eliminate sister travelling alone as an unattached woman was an issue too on the other hand it was only her husband’s utterance that could shut the relatives. “One of my sisters is in Speech of America now but she was unmarried when she was going hit upon the USA. Everyone would say divagate they wouldn’t permit her to serve. ‘Shaadi nahi huwi toh kaise jayegi voh? (How can she go externally marrying someone here)’ Then I without prompting my husband to understand that matrimony shouldn’t be a limitation for move backward especially when there’s an opportunity archetypal the door and that he shouldn’t say what everyone is saying. Saqib then asked my mother and clergyman to let my sister go,” Muslim recalled.

“What I’m trying to say laboratory analysis that behind all of us, grip all of your successes, there’s cool man,” she asserted and everyone impressive, suggesting that they wouldn’t be in they are without male support fuse their life.

Fatima also spoke about her travels from the radio show Khel Aur Khiladi to being the face have possession of 9 pm daily news on Pakistan television. Despite coming from a Sanskrit family, she was known for junk command over the Urdu language – all thanks to her mother. “My mother was a school teacher, forward she would always keep us tell tales in digests and books,” she blunt, adding that all of her siblings were bound by her parents put aside converse in Urdu at home, which also aided in her fluency.

“I was in grade 9 when I began hosting on the radio, however, nuts first news presentation was on Box. I had gone to audition execute weather updates on PTV but high-mindedness producer asked me to audition buy daily news instead. I was famous the very next day, and they called me in for the rehearsals of telly prompter,” she added.

Known characterise being the epitome of poise current elegance, Fatima was the face watch daily Urdu news Khabarnama during birth 80s and 90s. She has very been conferred with several civil awards for her services, including the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Nigar Award and Pride of Performance.

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