Bushra Ansari’s mother Mehmooda Begum is seriously ill

Lahore: The widow of prominent writer and journalist Ahmed Bashir and the mother of Bushra Ansari is seriously ill. Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif inquired from the family of late journalist Ahmed Bashir about the condition of the patient.

Chief Minister sent flowers for Mahmooda Begum and also prayed for her early recovery. On the instructions of Chief Minister, Punjab government also sent a specialist doctor who examined the patient. The family of Mahmooda Begum has appealed to pray for her recovery.

Ahmed Bashir passed away in 2004. For current generation Ahmed Bashir maybe an unknown name, and he is more known due to his talented daughters the famous one of which is Bushra Bashir now Bushra Ansari. Ahmed Bashir was married to Mehmooda Bashir and they had four daughters and one son, his son lives in United States while all her four daughters are in Pakistan in the field of arts and literature.

Neelum Ahmed Bashir: is the eldest daughter of Ahmed Bashir. She is a fiction writer and poet, she writes in Urdu and Punjabi.

Bushra Ansari: is third daughter of Ahmed Bashir and is most famous of all. She started her career from Kaliyan a famous puppet show on PTV, Uncle Sargam fame. She is famous for doing comedy roles, but has equally proved herself capable of doing tragic and serious roles. She is also a  fine singer.

Bushra has also written some dramas like ‘Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Milay’ on Hum TV and ‘Neeli Dhoop’ for PTV. Bushra Ansari is married to Iqbal Ansari who was director in PTV; he is now a director in Geo Tv. Bushra Ansari has two daughters Nariman Ansari and Meera Ansari.