Mohini was born in 1922 in Batala, India. In 1938, Mohini joined All-India Radio (AIR) under her maiden name, Mohini Das, as a dramatic artist. When AIR Lahore started a children’s radio program, she was given the name “Apa Shamim”.
She went on to conduct the children’s programme for about 39 years, making the name Apa Shamim a household name on the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent.
When India gained freedom from the British, Mohini opted for Pakistan as her home. Mohini joined Radio Pakistan and became the first woman broadcaster of Pakistan. In 1954 she got married and became Mohini Hameed. Throughout her career, she was awarded numerous awards by various artistic and cultural organizations in and out of Pakistan. In 1957 she was declared the voice of the year. In 1963, Radio Pakistan Lahore celebrated her Silver Jubilee and at this occasion the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), in its Urdu broadcast, declared her the “Golden Voice of Asia”.
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