Ghazala Yasmeen (born 1 January 1948) is a Pakistani former newscaster and announcer at PTV and Radio Pakistan.[1]
Ghazala Yasmeen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ghazala Yasmeen Begum 1 January 1948 |
| Education | University of Karachi |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1967–2010 |
| Spouse | Aftab Azeem (husband) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life
editShe was born in Delhi and then her parents moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi.[1] She completed her studies from University of Karachi and studied political science and graduated with a master's degree.[1]
Ghazala was doing masters then one day at home Ghazala was reading a dawn newspaper and saw an advertisement about announcers and newscaster audition at PTV Karachi Centre which was being established.[2] She asked her father's approval and he supported her decision to become an announcer.[3] Then she send her application to PTV Karachi Centre.[2] Later a PTV director contacted Ghazala and told her that she was selected among ten people.[2] Then she went to Islamabad for training and she was trained by Sikander Shaheen and Aslam Azhar.[4]
Career
editShe started working at Radio in Islamabad when transmissions were newly started and she read mostly about weather news.[2] Then she worked as a host and story tellar in a children's program.[3] In 1967 when PTV started its broadcast in Karachi then Ghazala made her first announcement. She was the first person to be seen on it and went on to become first female PTV announcer at PTV Karachi Centre.[5] She worked at PTV Karachi Centre an as announcer for eleven years.[2]
In 1970 Ghazala announced Pakistan's first general election and the results of the election which were won by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[6] Ghazala also worked at Sairbeen and then in 1971 she announced the news of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and broadcast the events of East Pakistan.[4]
In 1989 at 9th PTV Awards she was honoured with Silver Jubilee Award for her contributions to the Media and Radio Industry.[1] She worked as a newscaster for thirty seven years at PTV Karachi Centre.[4]
Then she shifted to Public Relations Department and worked there till 2010.[5][7][8]
Personal life
editGhazala married PTV producer Aftab Azeem and had three children including one son and two daughters.[9]
Filmography
editNews presentations
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1967–1979 | Urdu Khabrein | Newscaster |
| 1970 | Sairbeen | News presenter[2] |
| 1977 | PTV Khabarnama | Newscaster |
Other appearances
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Good Morning Pakistan | Herself[3] |
| 2022 | Safar Mohabbaton Ka | Herself[4] |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Result | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | PTV Awards | Silver Jubilee | Won | Contribution to Media Industry | [1] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Women's Year Book of Pakistan – Volume 10. Ladies Forum Publications. p. 317.
- ^ a b c d e f "غزالہ یاسمین اناؤنسر". Pakistan Television Corporation: 108.
- ^ a b c "Shan e Sahoor". ARY Digital. 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Safar Mohabbaton Ka", Pakistan Television Corporation, archived from the original on 2 July 2023, retrieved 1 July 2023
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Twitter: Aftab Azeem is no more". Dawn Newspaper. 29 June 2023.
- ^ "ماضی میں انتخابی نتائج کیسے جانے جاتے تھے؟". Dawn Newspaper. 20 February 2023.
- ^ Pakistan Illustrated – Volume 14. S.K. Sahab. p. 53.
- ^ "پی ٹی وی کی 49 ویں سالگرہ، کراچی سینٹر میں کیک کاٹا گیا". The Express Tribune. 8 May 2023.
- ^ "سیّد آفتاب عظیم". Dunya News. 1 July 2023.