Ishrat Fatima
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Ishrat Fatima (or Ishrat Fatima Saqib) is a former Pakistani newsreader and radio presenter who worked for Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan. In 2019, she received a civil award for her services.
Early life
She was born in Pakistan and lives in Lahore
Career
Ishrat Fatima was 'the face' of 9 pm daily Urdu news Khabarnama in the 1980s and 1990s. She started her career in Radio Pakistan hosting a program Khel aur Khiladi. she had gone to PTV to audition for a weather segment, but instead was selected for the news segment.{{cite web|title=In conversation with PTV's yesteryear newscaster Ishrat Fatima|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/376209-in-conversation-with-ptvs-yesteryear-newscaster-ishrat-fatima |date=3 October 2018|author=Madiha Nizam|publisher=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=24 March 2019}}
Ishrat Fatima was called "a poised lady presenting news with elegance". She seemed to have a great command of the Urdu language while presenting the news with an abundance of self-confidence. During an interview with a Pakistani English-language newspaper, she said that she used to put in effort and time in rehearsing before she actually went on-screen, including fact-checking everything.
Personal life
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award in 2019 by the President of Pakistan.[https://www.dawn.com/news/1471417 President Alvi confers top civil, military awards for excellence on Pakistan Day] Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019
- Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) by the Government of Pakistan
- Nigar Award
References
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External links
- [https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/audiotrack/meet-ishrat-fatima-one-pakistans-pioneer-newscasters This presenter of Urdu news was a celebrity in South-Asian journalism when even the word 'celebrity' wasn't commonly-used.]
- [https://www.ptvold.com/2018/07/khalid-hameed-ishrat-fatima-still.html Khalid Hameed & Ishrat Fatima Still Reading News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111054855/https://www.ptvold.com/2018/07/khalid-hameed-ishrat-fatima-still.html |date=11 January 2019 }}
- [http://paktribune.com/news/PTV-Newscaster-Ishrat-Saqib-robbed-137985.html PTV Newscaster Ishrat Saqib robbed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111054930/http://paktribune.com/news/PTV-Newscaster-Ishrat-Saqib-robbed-137985.html |date=11 January 2019 }}
- [https://twitter.com/OfficialIshrat?s=08 Ishrat Fatima] on Twitter
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Category:Pakistan Television Corporation people
Category:Pakistani television newsreaders and news presenters
Category:Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance