Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (Urdu: ماہتاب اکبر راشدی، née Channa) is a well-known television host and anchor, actress, government official, politician, campaigner for human rights and has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from June 2013 to May 2018.
She received the Bachelor of Education and the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science, both from the University of Sindh.
Later she started hosting children shows and then she co-hosted Roshan Tara and Feroza with her friend Khushbakht Shujaat.
[4] In 2004, President of Pakistan awarded her the Pride of Performance for her contributions towards the television industry.
Later, she herself joined bureaucracy and started heading several departments including education, information and culture.