Education
Cardiff University; University of Sheffield.
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Shawkat Hashmi
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Shawkat Hashmi is a Bangladeshi-born British radio presenter and producer who works for the British Broadcasting Corporation as ethnic affairs producer and presenter for British Broadcasting Corporation North, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sheffield and British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network.
Career
Hashmi was born in Barisal, Barisal District, Barisal Division, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He attended Barisal Zilla School, studied at Bangladesh University of Professionals, read Journalism and Media Studies at Cardiff University, and Mechanical and Production Engineering at the University of Sheffield. Hashmi was introduced to presenting through hospital radio after spending in a hospital ward due to a serious knee injury.
In January 1992, he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation and became a senior producer and presenter for British Broadcasting Corporation North.
He produces and organises Asian programmes for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Sheffield and British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network.
