[2] She received her early education from Kinnaird College for Women, and her Master's from University of the Punjab.
[4] Hashmi started work at the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1967 as an assistant producer.
[5] She also worked in TV dramas in the 1970s written by Ashfaq Ahmed and Bano Qudsia and she was director programmes at PTV at the time of her retirement from the state-run broadcaster.
[9] She was appointed to hold the inaugural Benazir Bhutto Chair for Peace, Reconciliation and Development at the Lahore College for Women University in 2013.
[5][13] Hashmi's collection of interviews of notable Pakistani women, Kaun Hoon Main?