Naushaba Burney
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Naushaba Burney (November 1932 – 11 February 2016) was a journalist from Pakistan. She was the country's first female journalist.[1]
Background
Burney was born in
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] At Partition, she migrated to Pakistan with her family.[1] She was married to the journalist, Iqbal Hassan Burney,[2] editor of Outlook Magazine,[1][2] with whom she had one son and two daughters.[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]
References
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