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Mahtab Rashdi

Pakistani television host and government official From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (Urdu: ماہتاب اکبر راشدی، née Channa) is a well-known television host and anchor, actress, government official, politician, campaigner for human rights and has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from June 2013 to May 2018.

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Early life and education

She was born on 3 March 1947 in Naudero.[3] She earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Government Girls College Hyderabad. She received the Bachelor of Education and the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science, both from the University of Sindh. She also did Master of Arts in Political Science from University of Massachusetts on the Fulbright Scholarship.[3][1]

Career

Mahtab started working at Radio Pakistan as a child actress and then she worked in PTV dramas. Later she started hosting children shows and then she co-hosted Roshan Tara and Feroza with her friend Khushbakht Shujaat.[4]

In 2004, President of Pakistan awarded her the Pride of Performance for her contributions towards the television industry.[2]

Political career

She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (F) on a reserved seat for women in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6]

Personal life

In 1981, she married Akbar Rashdi, a Bureaucrat. Later, she herself joined bureaucracy and started heading several departments including education, information and culture. She has two children.[1]

Awards and recognition

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