Her name may be synonymous with quality dramas and meaningful plays, but there is more to Sultana Siddiqui than meets the eye. The veteran director began her career with television in the 1970s, graduated to directing dramas in the 1990s and as we enter in year 2021, she is considered the ‘Sultana’ of the entertainment industry. With evergreen dramas like Marvi, Doosri Dunya and Zindagi Gulzar Hai to her credit as a director and HUM TV Network as her ‘most cherished product’, Sultana Siddiqui has come a long way. HIP IN PAKISTAN had a chat with…
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Entrepreneur with a Golden Heart Musarrat Misbah
She was born to the family of a business man and a philanthropist woman in Karachi, Pakistan, on 25th November, 1959. Her father, Mr. Mishah Uddin Khan, is a business tycoon and her mother a renowned social worker in the same city. Musarrat Misbah spent the early years of her life in Karachi. She graduated from St. Josepha’s College there and received her education as a cosmetologist and beautician from, France UK and Germany. Originally, she wanted to become a doctor, as she told in an interview but because of…
Read MoreThird wave of corona virus has pushed business women to the wall Samina Fazil
Samina Fazil, founder President, Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) said the third wave of coronavirus has pushed businesswomen to the wall. The government should announce a package for women as tall claims and announcements will never empower them. The pandemic is hitting men more than women but the later are facing its social and economic consequences more than men, she said. In a statement issued here today, Samina Fazil said that the income, savings and assets of women are always less than men and they are less…
Read MoreFocusing on developing synergies for peace, development, and dialogue
Farhat Asif is an award-winning public diplomat by experience, human rights and peace activist by choice, researcher, and writer by profession with nearly 14 years of work experience in establishing and leading institutions focusing on developing synergies for peace, development, and dialogue. With well-knitted diplomatic engagements in Pakistan and across the globe, Farhat has pioneered the public diplomacy initiatives in Pakistan through the promotion of linkages at political, economic, trade, cultural, education, and business levels by building connections amongst the communities from across the globe. As she lived her entire…
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