Naushaba Burney
Naushaba Burney (November 1932 – 11 February 2016) was a journalist and a social activist from Pakistan. She was the country's first female journalist.[1]
Background
Burney was born in Nagpur,[1] British India (now in India) in November 1932. She had six siblings (4 brothers and 2 sisters) including Ameena Saiyid, the Managing Director of Oxford University Press, Karachi.[1][2] At the independence of Pakistan in 1947, she migrated to Pakistan with her family.[1] She was married to the journalist, Iqbal Hassan Burney,[2] founder and editor of Outlook Magazine,[1][2] with whom she had one son and two daughters. I. H. Burney also was instrumental in founding the Karachi Press Club.[1] She completed her master's degree in Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley[2] in the 1950s.[1] She also taught journalism at the University of Karachi.[1][2]
Career
Burney worked in a number of organisations including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA),[2] Dawn newspaper[1] and Aga Khan University, Karachi.[1][3]
Death and legacy
Naushaba Burney died after an asthma attack at South City Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan at age 83.[2] She was hospitalized a day earlier due to a pneumonia infection.[2]
Pakistan's noted journalist and her former colleague at Dawn newspaper, Zubeida Mustafa remembered her being a close friend while working at this newspaper in the mid-1990s. According to her she was a fine person who had a lot of courage.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Peerzada Salman (12 February 2016). "Journalist Naushaba Burney passes away". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Rest in peace: Former journalist Naushaba Burney dies at 83". The Express Tribune newspaper. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ Ameena Saiyid (March 2016). "In Memoriam: Naushaba Burney". Newsline magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
