{{Short description|Pakistani businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Sadia Rashid |honorific_suffix = |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |office1 = President of the Hamdard Foundation |term_start1 = 17 October 1998 |term_end1 = |alongside1 = |predecessor1 = Hakim Said |successor1 = |office2 = Chancellor of the Hamdard University |term_start2 = |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}} |birth_place = Old Delhi, British India |death_date = |death_place = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |birth_name = Sadia Said |citizenship = British subject (1946–1948)<br/>Pakistani (1948–) |party = |other_party = |father = Hakim Muhammad Said |mother = Naimat Begum |spouse = {{marriage|Rashid Munir Ahmad|1970|2022|end=died}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/city/karachi/2022-02-08/1951578|title=روزنامہ دنیا :- شہر کی دنیا:-سعدیہ راشد کے شوہر انتقال کر گئے|website=Roznama Dunya|language=ur}}</ref> |children = 3 |alma_mater = University of Karachi |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |blank1 = Awards |data1 = Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2019) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2024)
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'''Sadia Rashid''' (born 1946) is a Pakistani educationist who is the current president of Hamdard Pakistan,<ref name="auto" /><ref name="dlytime">{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/405266/leading-with-grace-and-dignity-sadia-rashid/|title=Leading with grace and dignity – Sadia Rashid|last1=Sehgal|first1=Haya Fatima|date=2 June 2019|website=Daily Times|language=en|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|title=Sadia Rashid receives award|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/426475-sadia-rashid-receives-award|access-date=28 July 2019|website=The News|date=2 February 2019|location=Karachi}}</ref> chancellor of the Hamdard University<ref name="dlytime" /><ref name="auto"/> and president of the Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association (PJCA).<ref name="auto1"/>
==Early life== She was born in 1946 in Sitaram Bazar, Old Delhi, India to Hakim Said (Shaheed) and Naimat Begum. Her ancestors came from Kashgar (now Kashi, Xinjiang, China) to the Indian subcontinent, in the reign of the Mughal emperor, Shah Alam. They first stayed at Peshawar for about eighteen years, then moved to Multan and lastly settled down at Delhi. In January 1948, her family migrated to Karachi after the establishment of Pakistan.<ref name="auto"/>
She received her education from St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi and St Joseph's College, Karachi. Then she completed her Masters of Arts in Sociology from Karachi University.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|author1=Muhammad Humayun Zafar|title=والد کی شہادت کے بعد ایک روز کیلئے بھی ''ہمدرد'' بند نہیں ہوا|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/652687-hamdard-matab|access-date=28 July 2019|website=Daily Jang|date=30 June 2019|language=ur-PK}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1970, she married a barrister, Rashid Munir Ahmad, with whom she has three daughters, MaheNeemah (known as Maham), Amena Mian, and Fatema Zahra Munir Ahmed, who is currently serving as MD/CEO of Hamdard Lab (Waqf) Pak.<ref name="auto"/>
On 7 February 2022, her husband Rashid Munir Ahmad died.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.phs.com.pk/index.php/phs/article/view/185|title=BARRISTER RASHID MUNIR AHMAD: (23rd March 1943 -7th February 2022)|first=Dr Muhammad Reza|last=Kazimi|date=7 March 2022|journal=Quarterly Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society|volume=70|issue=1|via=www.phs.com.pk}}</ref>
==Awards== In February 2019, Sadia was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from the Japanese government in recognition of "her contribution for promoting cultural relations and mutual understanding between Japan and Pakistan."<ref>{{cite news |title=Sadia Rashid receives award |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/426475-sadia-rashid-receives-award |publisher=International The News |date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
On 14 August 2024, Sadia was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, from the Government of Pakistan in recognition of "her exceptional contribution to the field of Education".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed Usmani |first1=Sheikh Adnan |title=Press Release - Conferment of Pakistan Civil Awards -14th August,2024 |url=https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Civil%20Awards/awards-press-release-2024.pdf |website=Cadinet Division - Govt. of Pakistan |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed Usmani |first1=Sheikh Adnan |title=President Zardari announces national awards for 104 Pakistanis, foreigners on Independence Day |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1852231/president-zardari-announces-national-awards-for-104-pakistanis-foreigners-on-independence-day |access-date=4 January 2025 |publisher=Dawn News |date=14 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Sheikh Adnan">{{cite news |last1=Ahmed Usmani |first1=Sheikh Adnan |title=President confers national awards on 104 personalities on Independence Day |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1219812-president-confers-national-awards-on-104-personalities-on-independence-day |access-date=4 January 2025 |publisher=International The News |date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
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