Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat, who is due to receive Tamgha-i-Imtiaz on Pakistan day for her exemplary acting in various Pakistani movies, has taken it to Twitter with an inspiring message.
She has appeared in Punjab Nahi Jaungi, Jawani Phir Nahi Ani and other Pakistani movies in challenging roles.
On Wednesday, she tweeted that she was truly overwhelmed on being nominated for the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence).
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She went on to tell girls who see her as a role model that she could achieve anything in this world if they tried.
Truly overwhelmed by the award of Medal of Excellence to be bestowed on me. Shows that years of blood,sweat,tears & hardwork pays off. Hope that this acts as inspiration 2 all the girls who see me as a role model.U cn achieve anything in this world!don’t let any1 tell u otherwise
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) March 13, 2019
Veteran actor Shaan Shahid also congratulated her on being nominated for the award, which would be conferred upon her on Pakistan Day on March 23rd.
#proudpk congratulations to all the winners of sitara Imitiaz & pride of performance .specially Babara Shareef Jee for her 5decades of service for films Reema Khan for her unstoppable passion & 2decades of service to films ,Mehwish Hayat for making us proud of her craft🎥🇵🇰❤️
— Shaan Shahid (@mshaanshahid) March 12, 2019
Then there were Hayat’s fans, who appeared more than jubilant on her nomination.
Proud of you dear I am very happy that Pakistan 🇵🇰 have actors like you u deserves it. Mil apko raha hai khushi mujy ho rahi hai 😍😘😜
— iamiqra (@cagatayiqra) March 13, 2019
The fans even included some senior citizens, who found her performance to be on par with the performers of the bygone era, which are still regarded as classics.
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Hayat also thanked Shaan for the praise, saying that words of appreciation coming from a “legend” like him meant a lot!
Thankyou so much 😌 means a lot coming from a legend like yourself ! https://t.co/iOHOvT7Qgi
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) March 13, 2019