- Razia Bhatti
Razia Bhatti (Urdu: رضیہ بھٹی ) was a prominent jornalist of
Pakistan .Razia Bhatti first entered professional journalism in 1967 when she joined The
Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan after completing herMaster's degree in English andJournalism fromUniversity of Karachi . The lifestyles magazine she joined was later renamed Herald and turned into a monthly publication reporting on current events and political issues. In 1970, Razia Bhatti became the assistant editor of Herald and then became editor in 1976.When pressured to curb her writing and support the policies of
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq regime, Razia resigned from the Herald on an ethical stance. Most of her team of journalists resigned with her and together they established a new current affairs magazine called Newsline. In July 1989, the first issue of Newsline was published with an editor’s note written by Razia which began, “Forty-two years down the road from independence, this nation seems to have bartered away the promise of its birth. To a whole generation of Pakistanis, fear, violence, authoritarianism and deceit represent the norm, for they have known no other.”She died of a brain hemorrhage in 1996, at age of 52, leaving behind a husband, two children, and thousands of admirers.
See also
* Herald
* Newsline
*Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan External links
* [http://www.jazbah.org/razia.php Women of Pakistan: Razia Bhatti]
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