Ishrat Hashmi

Ishrat was born in 1948 in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her studies from University of Karachi. She started working at Radio Pakistan in Lahore in 1959.^[5]

She made her debut as an actress on PTV in the 1970s.^[6][7] She appeared as the shrewd elderly Haleema in Shama (1976).^[5] She also appeared in Afshan, Aroosa and Naukar Ke Aage Chakar.^[8][9] She depicted a cunning matchmaker in Hawain.^[5] She also appeared in dramas Family 93, Ba Adab Ba Mulahiza, Khala Khairan, Zeenat, Zair, Zabar, Pesh and Tipu Sultan: The Tiger Lord.^[10][11] She later appeared in dramas Shehzori, Aakhri Chattan, Kya Bane Baat, Burger Family, Ana, Bahadur Ali and Dhoop Kinare.^[12][13][14] In 1973 she also appeared in the film Naam Kay Nawab.^[15][16] In 2005, tributes were paid to her at the 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi by television personalities including Moin Akhter, Adnan Siddiqui, Faysal Qureshi, Sultana Siddiqui, Humayun Saeed and Babra Sharif.^[17][18][19]

Ishrat was married and had six children, including daughters Khursheed Talat, Anjum, Shella and Farah and sons Iqbal and Sohail. In the 2000s, Ishrat left television and moved with her family to America. In 2004, she returned to Pakistan.^[20]

Ishrat Hashmi died on 31 January 2005 in Karachi.^[5]