Arjumand Shaheen

Shaheen's parents were from Uttar Pradesh during British India but after the partition of India her family migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore,[2][1] where Arjumand was born on 25 November 1953.[3] She is the elder sister of actor Shehryar Zaidi and newscaster Yasmeen Wasti.[1]

She received a Master of Arts from the University of Lahore.[3]

Shaheen started working at Radio Pakistan in 1972 and worked for two years as a news reader at local news, then later she worked as a sports commentator.[3][4] She was later contacted by a director from PTV Centre, and eventually was selected for PTV Khabarnama.[5][6] She used to announce news about important events, such as about Kashmir and business related news.[3] Later she also wrote a short story book which was published in 1978.[4] In the 1980s, she also worked in Milaads.[7]

In the 1980s, Shaheen worked as a newsreader at daily reading News in Khabrnama which used to air on 9 pm.[1]

In 1982, she was awarded Nigar Award for Best Newscaster.[8]

In 1999, she was honored by the Government of Pakistan with the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for her contributions to the Media and Radio Industry.[9]

Later, she moved abroad with her family to London and worked as a short story writer. She wrote a book Mausam Ki Baarish and then she wrote another short story Be Mausam Ki Barish.[10]

Shaheen married Mazahir Zaidi and has two daughters also her aunt Azra Asghar is a noval writer.[4]

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