Editing Salima Hashmi (section)

{{Short description|Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor and anti-nuclear weapons activist}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Salima Hashmi<br/><small>{{Nastaliq|سلیمہ ہاشمی}}</small>
| image              = Salima2-1-.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Salima Ahmed
| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1942}}
| birth_place        = [[New Delhi]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| citizenship        = Indian (1942–1947)<br/> Pakistan (1947–present)
| spouse             = [[Shoaib Hashmi]] (husband)
| children           = 2
| mother             = [[Alys Faiz]]
| father             = [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]
| relatives          = [[Muneeza Hashmi]] (sister)
| alma_mater         = [[National College of Arts]],<br/>[[Bath Academy of Art]],<br/>[[Rhode Island School of Design]]
| occupation         = {{Hlist | Painter | Actress}}
| employer           = [[Beaconhouse National University]] (BNU)<br/>[[Government College University, Lahore]]
| known_for          = {{Nowrap|Her political views against [[nuclear weapons]],<ref name="jazbah"/>}} painting
| awards             = [[Pride of Performance|Pride of Performance Award]] in 1999<ref name="jazbah"/><ref name=peacemuseum/>
}}

'''Salima Hashmi''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| سلیمہ ہاشمی}}}}; born 1942)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Rina Saeed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6E8bAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Salima+Hashmi%22+1942|title=Profiles|date=1998|publisher=Vanguard|isbn=978-969-402-319-9|pages=107|language=en}}</ref> is a [[People of Pakistan|Pakistan]]i painter, [[artist]],<ref name=peacemuseum>{{cite web|url=http://peacemuseum.org.uk/peace-museum-receives-painting-from-renowned-artist-salima-hashmi/|title=Peace Museum receives painting from renowned artist Salima Hashmi (Profile of Salima Hashmi)|publisher=The Peace Museum.Org|date=27 June 2011|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> former [[college professor]],<ref name="dawn">{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2011/02/02/herald-exclusive-ayesha-jatoi-in-conversation-with-salima-hashmi/|title=Herald Exclusive: Ayesha Jatoi interviews Salima Hashmi|newspaper=Daily Dawn (newspaper)|date=2 February 2011|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear]] [[Nuclear weapon|weapons]] activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry.<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/421858-profiles-of-punjab-caretaker-ministers Profiles of Punjab caretaker ministers (including Salima Hashmi)] The News International (newspaper), Published 2 April 2013, Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref> She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of [[National College of Arts]]. She is the eldest daughter of the renowned poet [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]] and his British-born wife [[Alys Faiz]].<ref name="rbe"/><ref name="jazbah">[http://kazbar.org/jazbah/salima.php Profile of Salima Hashmi] Retrieved 16 December 2018</ref>

She represents the first generation of modern artists in Pakistan who carry an artistic identity different from indigenous artists. She is known for condemning the [[Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction|Pakistani]] and [[India and weapons of mass destruction|Indian]] [[Nuclear power|nuclear program]]s; she is one of the few Pakistani intellectuals who condemned the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan in 1998.<ref name="jazbah"/> She received the [[Pride of Performance]] Award in 1999 for her services to the nation.<ref name=peacemuseum/>