S. H. Hashmi | |
Birth Date: | 1935 |
Birth Place: | Gaya, Bihar, British India |
Death Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Occupation: | Advertising |
Father: | Allama Syed Abdul Qudoos Hashmi |
Awards: | Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pride of Performance in 1993 |
S.H. Hashmi (1935–20 March 2006) was a Pakistani advertiser and marketer who was a founding member and managing director of Orient McCann-Erickson. He was one of the pioneers of advertising industry in Pakistan.[1]
S. H. Hashmi was born in Gaya, Bihar, British India in 1935. His father Syed Abdul Qudoos Hashmi was an Islamic scholar. He was the author and compiler of Taqweem-e-Tarikhi, the historical Islamic Calendrical Book, giving a comparative study of Hijra and Gregorian calendars for the period spanning 1,500 years; published by the Islamic Research Centre in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Hashmi died at the age of 71 in Karachi after a prolonged illness which was repeatedly complicated with bouts of pneumonia and other complicating factors.[1] He left behind his wife who later also died on 24 October 2014, two sons, Masood Hashmi and Mahmood Hashmi, and three daughters.[3]