Salima Hashmi

Salima Hashmi سلیمہ ہاشمی
Madam Salima Hashmi
Born	1942 New Delhi, British India
Residence	Lahore, Punjab province
Citizenship	Pakistan
Fields	Painting and art
Institutions	Beaconhouse National University (BNU) Government College University, Lahore
Alma mater	National College of Arts (NCA) Bath Academy of Art (BAA) Rhode Island School of Design
Known for	Nuclear disarmament
Notable awards	Pride of Performance Award in 1999

Salima Hashmi (Urdu: سلیمہ ہاشمی‎; born 1942) is a Pakistani artist, cultural writer, painter, and anti-nuclear weapons activist. She has served for four years as professor and the head of the National College of Arts. She is the eldest daughter of the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and the British-born Alys Faiz.

She represents the first generation of modern artists in Pakistan who carry an artistic identity different from indigenous artists. She is known for condemning the Pakistani and Indian nuclear programs; she is one of the few Pakistani intellectuals who condemned the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998. She received the Pride of Performance Award in 1999 for her services to the nation.

Hashmi was born to Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Alys Faiz in 1942 in New Delhi, India. She has one younger sister, Moneeza. She is a maternal cousin of Salman Taseer, the former Governor of Punjab, Pakistan. She migrated with her family to Lahore during the partition of India in 1947. She grew up in Lahore. After studying design at Lahore's National College of Arts (NCA), she moved to England in the early 1960s. She studied at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham. She received graduate diploma in art education in 1965. She also studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, US. She married Shoaib Hashmi. The couple has son Yasser Hashmi who studied at McGill University Canada. Shoaib Hashmi, her husband, retired from a teaching position at Government College University, Lahore, and was also a popular co-star with her in comedy television shows in the early 1970s.