Ishrat Fatima

Ishrat Fatima or Ishrat Fatima Saqib is a former Pakistani newsreader and radio presenter who worked for Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan for 35 years.

She was born in Pakistan and lives in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2019.

Ishrat Fatima was 'the face' of 9 pm daily Urdu news Khabarnama news program in the 1980s and 1990s. She started her career at Radio Pakistan hosting a program Khel aur Khiladi. At that time, she was still attending school. She had gone to PTV to audition for a weather segment, but instead was selected for the news segment.

Ishrat Fatima was called "a poised lady presenting news with elegance". She seemed to have a great command of the Urdu language while presenting the news with an abundance of self-confidence. Ishrat used to wear simple and ordinary clothes and was also known for wearing her diamond nose-ring. TV viewers used to be impressed with her grace with which she presented news on TV, coupled with her strong screen presence. During an interview with a Pakistani English-language newspaper, she said that she used to put in effort and time in rehearsing before she actually went on-screen, including fact-checking everything she would later present on-screen.

Ishrat Fatima worked for 35 years in the news industry of Pakistan before retiring. Later, she started presenting news bulletins on Pakistan at Voice of America.

She got married in 1996 to Saqib Waheed. After marriage, she was also known as Ishrat Fatima Saqib. They have two children.