Shoaib Hashmi

Shoaib Hashmi
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Educator, Playwright, TV actor
Known for	PTV comedy shows of the 1970s
Spouse(s)	Salima Hashmi
Awards	Pride of Performance Award in 1995 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award (Medal of Excellence)

Shoaib Hashmi (Urdu: شعیب ہاشمی‎) is a veteran playwright, actor and professor from Pakistan.

Hashmi received his Masters of Arts degree in Economics from Government College (now Government College University), Lahore and his MSc. degree from London School of Economics (LSE), London He also studied theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.

Hashmi is married to Salima Hashmi, the daughter of noted Pakistani poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The couple have two children.

Hashmi taught economics for many years at Government College (now Government College University), Lahore and later taught Lahore School of Economics. For a while now, he has been sick and paralyzed. He has difficulty walking and talking. Shoaib is under treatment in Lahore. Besides his immediate family wishing him well, among his well-wishers is Arshad Mehmood (composer), an accomplished music composer and actor in Pakistan, who happens to be one of his fond students from 1969 - Shoaib's college-teaching-days in Lahore. Arshad Mehmood commented about Shoaib Hashmi in an interview to a major newspaper, "A man of few words, Hashmi is courteous, tolerant and compassionate. I often meet his friends and students and they all love him. He is basically an artist and a humanist. Poetry and music are his favourite topics of discussion."

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