Shamim Ejaz

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

In 1965 she announced Pakistan presidential election on both Radio and PTV which were won by Muhammad Ayub Khan. 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.

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.

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

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

Filmography News presentations YearTitleRoleNetwork1965 For Military Brothers Host Radio Pakistan 1969 Urdu Khabrein Newscaster Radio Pakistan 1970 PTV Khabarnama Newscaster PTV

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result Title Ref. 1999 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan Arts