Yasmeen Tahir

Early life Born in Lahore in 1937 and educated at the Convent and Kinnaird College,

Career In 1958, after completing her master's degree, Yasmeen joined Radio Pakistan and served as a publicity officer. Her career in radio broadcasting began before the partition of India when she joined the Lahore Radio Station as a children's program host. She is known for hosting the morning show Saat Rang for over 12 years, where her listeners resonated personally with her commentary. for military personnel, which had extended airtime during the war and was the first call-in show on Pakistani radio. Her live program featured conversations between the singer Noor Jehan and the soldiers which helped boost their morale.

Yasmeen also did programmes from Voice of America and BBC, although she noted a lack of the personal rapport she had with her Pakistani audience.

She declined an offer from the Director-General of Pakistan Broadcast Corporation to lead FM 101, citing her dissatisfaction with modern radio's casual usage of different languages. Her broadcasting career spanned 37 years, during which she acted in plays, hosted talk shows and other formats.

Personal life Yasmeen was born to Imtiaz Ali Taj and Hijab Imtiaz Ali. In 1960, Yasmeen married Naeem Tahir and had three sons, Faran Tahir, Mehran Tahir and Ali Tahir. Noor Jehan sang the sehra for their marriage which was penned by the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The couple pursued further education in theater at UCLA on a Rockefeller Scholarship, during which their eldest son, Faran Tahir, was born. At the time of the murder, Yasmeen and Naeem were in Rawalpindi. Following the murder, Yasmeen was involved in a legal inheritance case concerning her father. Relatives of Imtiaz Ali Taj contested that they needed a share of the inheritance since Yasmeen was not a male child. It was argued in court that Imtiaz Ali Taj had converted to the Shia sect, making his children the rightful heirs, regardless of gender. This claim was supported by newspaper advertisements and the court ruled in Yasmeen's favor.

Death Tahir died after a prolonged illness in Lahore, on 19 July 2025, at the age of 88.

Filmography Radio programs Western music request show Fauji Bhaiyon Ke Liye Saat Rang

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