Shamim Ejaz

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Shamim Ejaz
Born
Qudsia Begum

(1923-09-06)6 September 1923
Hyderabad, Telangana, British India
Died8 July 2009(2009-07-08) (aged 85)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Education Osmania University
Occupations
  • Newscaster
  • Writer
Years active1942–2006
Children2
Parent(s)Muhammad Fasiuddin (father)
Aziz-Un-Nisa (mother)
Relatives Waheeda Naseem (sister)
Ejaz Hussain Alvi (grandfather)

Shamim Ejaz was a Pakistani newscaster and radio newsreader at Pakistan Television Corporation. [1]

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Early life

Shamim was born on 6 September 1923 in Hyderabad at Telangana during British India. She was the elder sister of Waheeda Naseem and her mother Aziz-Un-Nisa was a poet and writer and her grandfather Ejaz Hussain Alvi was also a poet and writer. [2]

She completed her education from Osmania University and graduated with a degree in Arts. [2]

Career

Shamim used to write short stories and novels before she joined Radio Station Hyderabad later during her studies she joined Radio Hyderabad. [2] In 1951 her parents migrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi then she worked as an air hostess at Pakistan International Airlines. Then she joined Radio Pakistan Karachi and auditioned for announcer then she was selected for newsreader. [2] [3] [4]

In 1965 she announced Pakistan presidential election on both Radio and PTV which were won by Muhammad Ayub Khan. [5] The same year she was promoted to newsreader and during the war she was associated with news wing of Radio Pakistan along with Shakeel Ahmed and announced the news of Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and events of Kashmir. [2] [6]

After the war in 1960s she hosted a show called For Military Brothers which was about the soldiers the show became popular among the army. [1] [2] In 1970s she worked as newscaster and read news at PTV Khabarnama on PTV. [7] [8]

In 1980s she worked for radio Deutsche Welle in Germany. [9] [10] Then she came back to Pakistan and worked at both Radio and PTV for forty years. [2]

In 2006 she retired from Radio and PTV then she worked on contracts for Radio. [2]

Personal life

Shamim was married and had two children and her younger sister Waheeda Naseem was a poet and writer. [1] [2]

Death

Shamim died on 8 July 2009 at Karachi, Pakistan and was buried near her sister's grave at Model Colony graveyard in Karachi. [1]

Filmography

News presentations

YearTitleRoleNetwork
1965For Military BrothersHost Radio Pakistan [1]
1969Urdu KhabreinNewscaster Radio Pakistan [1]
1970PTV KhabarnamaNewscaster PTV [1]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultTitleRef.
1999 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan NominatedArts [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Newscaster Shamim Ejaz passes away". Dawn News. 20 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "نیوز کاسٹر شمیم اعجاز". Pakistan Television Corporation: 113.
  3. ↑ A History of Radio Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 120.
  4. ↑ "ریڈیو اسٹیشن کراچی کے پروگرام". Jang News. 27 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Pākistān: tārīk̲h̲ī va siyāsī jāʼizah, 1947-1992. Naz̲īr Sanz Pablisharz. p. 237.
  6. ↑ "45th Death anniversary of legendary News Reader of Radio Pakistan Shakeel Ahmad observed". Radio Pakistan. 12 June 2022.
  7. ↑ A History of Radio Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 276.
  8. ↑ Debates Official Report · Volume 3, Issues 12-18. Manager of Publications. p. 874.
  9. ↑ "Legend newsreader Shamim Ijaz to be remembered tomorrow". The Nation. 29 July 2023.
  10. ↑ A History of Radio Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. 308.
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