Women In Pakistan~An Tribute to Pakistani Women

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All over the world the image of Pakistani women is like that they think women in pakistan are oppressed and they cant do anything they just stay at homes and detains in their homes.
but in actual situation we can fine our Pakistani women in every field of life Our Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Said

"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.
Speech at a meeting of the Muslim University Union, Aligarh
March 10, 1944 "


Here is some strong and influential women of Pakistan who have had to do gave high ranking positions in the government and current others are successful in other fields.This thread is for the women of Pakistan and for whom who think Pakistani women are oppressed.





I will start of with FATIMAH JINNAH known as "mother of the nation" and "Khatun-e Pakistan /Lady of Pakistan", she is Sister of Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinah

Fatima Jinnah: (July 30, 1893 — July 8, 1967) was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and an active political figure in the movement for independence from the British Raj. She is commonly known in Pakistan as Khātūn-e Pākistān (Urdu: — "Lady of Pakistan") and Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation.") She was born in Karachi, (in the Sindh province of British India that later became part of Pakistan). She was an instrumental figure in the Pakistan movement and the primary organiser of the All India Muslim Women Students Federation. After the formation of Pakistan and the death of her brother, she remained an active member of the nation's politics. She continued to work for the welfare of the Pakistani people until she died in Karachi on July 8, 1967

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Benazir Bhutto 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician. she was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state,[3] having twice been Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996). She was Pakistan's first and to date only female prime minister. She was the eldest child of former Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto, and was the wife of current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari

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Shahida Malik, daughter a highly qualified civil engineer from Glasgow became the first female Major General of the Pakistan Army on 17 June 2002. She assumed the position of Inspector General of some 31 Pakistan Army hospitals. A graduate from Fatima Jinnah Medical College class of 1969, she joined the Army, because she liked the discipline, planning and organization it provided. Shahida’s husband is also a major general. Subsequently after her retirement from the army, she was posted as DG Health, Government of Pakistan

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan
The wife of the First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan.
She was the first Muslim woman delegate to the UN in 1952. She was also the first woman ambassador of Pakistan, representing Pakistan in the Netherlands, Italy and Tunisia. From 1973 to 1976, she was elected Governor of Sind, once again the first Pakistani woman to hold such a post.

In recognition of her life-long struggle for women’s rights, she was awarded the United Nation’sHuman Rights Award in 1978. Her other many awards and medals include the Jane Adam’s Medal in 1950 (USA), Woman of Achievement Medal 1950 (USA), Mother of Pakistan in 1950 (USA), Nishan-I-Imtiaz in 1959, Grand Cross of Orange Nassau in 1961 (the Netherlands), International Gimbel Award 1961-62 , Woman of the World in 1965 chosen by the Turkish Women’s Association, Ankara and Vavaliera di Gran Croce in 1966 (Italy).

Biography

She began her career as a teacher in the Gokhale Memorial School after completing the Teachers Diploma Course from the Diocesan College, Calcutta. She was later appointed as Professor of Economics in the Indraprastha College, Delhi.

In December 1932, she was married to Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan. After the reorganization of Muslim League, Begum Ra'ana devoted herself to the task of creating political consciousness amongst the Muslim women. Her struggle for emancipation continued till the creation of Pakistan for Muslims of India in 1947.

After the assassination of her husband Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, Begum Ra'ana continued her services for the social and economic benefit of women of Pakistan till her death in 1990.

Career
Begum Ra'ana served as Pakistan's ambassador to the Netherlands in the 1950s and as ambassador to Italy in the 1960s. She was the:

First Muslim woman ambassador and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps (while in the Netherlands),
First Muslim woman Governor (of Sindh province in the mid–1970s),
First Muslim woman Chancellor of a university (all the universities in Sindh)
First Muslim woman delegate to the UN, and
First Muslim woman to win the United Nations Human Rights Award,
First Muslim woman to receive the Woman of Achievement Medal, (1950).

Awards and honors
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands conferred on her the Grand Cross of Orange–Nassau.
Recipient of the International Gimbel Award for service to humanity . (1962)
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for her outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments. (1978)

Asma Jilani Jahangir is a lawyer and a human rights activist, born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1952. She has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief since 2004. Previously, she served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary Executions.

Jahangir has spent her career defending the human rights of women, religious minorities, and children of Pakistan. She has been and remains a staunch critic of the Hudood ordinance and blasphemy laws of Pakistan put in place as part of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq\'s Islamization program in Pakistan. Her willingness to relentlessly defend victims of rape, women seeking divorce from abusive husbands, people accused of blasphemy, her work on the issues of child labor, and her continuous criticism of political parties has made her one of the most controversial figures in Pakistan.
Jahangir became involved in protests at a very young age and launched her first legal battle in 1972 at the age of 20 when she was not even a lawyer. (She did not complete her law degree until 1978). When her father was detained by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then Prime Minister of Pakistan and no one dared to represent him, she filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court not only challenging his arrest, but even questioning whether the Bhutto government had come to power legally. In a landmark judgment ten years later she won her case.

In 1980, Jahangir and her sister, Hina Jilani, got together with fellow activists and lawyers to form the first law firm established by women in Pakistan. They also helped form the Women\'s Action Forum (WAF) that same year. The first WAF demonstration was in 1983, when some 25-50 women took to the streets protesting the Safia Bibi case. Safia, a young blind girl, had been raped, yet ended up in jail on the charge of zina (fornication). In 1986 Jahangir and Hina set up AGHS Legal Aid, the first free legal aid centre in Pakistan. The AGHS Legal Aid Cell in Lahore also runs a shelter for women, called \'Dastak\'.

Justice (Retired) Majida Rizvi, was the first female judge to the High Court in Pakistan and has also worked as head of the Women's Commission. She then chaired the Pakistani National Commission on Status of Women. Now retired, she works as a women's rights defender and is one of the founders of a shelter for victims of domestic violence - Panah

Dr Shama Khalid is a leading social worker who voluntarily worked in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan by establishing free summer medical camps every year. In March 2010, she took oath as Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan, becoming the first woman assuming governorship in the country's history. The special investiture ceremony took place at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, witnessed by President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah and federal ministers

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Bilquis Bano Edhi is a professional nurse and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan. She has been nicknamed, The Mother of Pakistan and heads the Bilquis Edhi Foundation, Her charity runs many services in Pakistan including a hospital and emergency service in Karachi. Together with her husband their charity has saved over 16,000 unwanted babies.

The Edhi Home was founded in 1951 and in the 1960s, the founder, Abdul Sattar Edhi, recruited a number of nurses which included Bilquis. The owner proposed to Bilquis and she married him despite him being 20 years older. Bilquis took over the management of the jhoolas project where 300 cradles are made available throughout Pakistan where parents can abandon unwanted children, or those that cannot be raised. A small minority of abandoned children are disabled but over 90% are female. This project has reduced the number of dead babies who are killed by their own parents. The Edhi project is also responsible for burying dead babies found by the police.

The Bilquis and Abdul Sattar have four children who are involved with the Edhi Foundation and the management of the Edhi village, the fleet of ambulances, the mental home, the schools and the offices in Pakistan and London. The couple still live modestly in a two room apartment which is part of one of their orphanages and have received a number of awards in recognition of their work.

As well as one of Pakistan\'s most respected architects and an advocate for preservation of historical sites, Yasmeen Lari is also Pakistan\'s first woman architect. She graduated from Oxford school of Architecture. After graduation, in 1964, at the age of 23, Yasmeen Lari returned to Pakistan with her husband and opened Lari Associates in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
She became interested in researching and developing solution for old towns and low-income housing. And because her designs are driven by the people who use the space, she took the effort to study slums and squatter settlements in Karachi to improve her designs. Yasmeen’s later projects included housings, such as the Angoori Bagh Housing (1978), and business buildings, such as the Taj Mahal Hotel (1981), the Finance and Trade Center (1989), and the Pakistan State Oil House (PSO Company headquarter) (1991) in Karachi.

After retiring from a career in architecture, she has devoted her time to writing and serving as an advisor to UNESCO project, Conservation and Preservation of Lahore Fort.

Razia Bhatti was a prominent jornalist of Pakistan.

Razia Bhatti first entered professional Journalism in 1967 when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan after completing her Master's degree in English and Journalism from University of Karachi. The lifestyles magazine she joined was later renamed Herald and turned into a monthly publication reporting on current events and political issues. In 1970, Razia Bhatti became the assistant editor of Herald and then became editor in 1976.

When pressured to curb her writing and support the policies of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq regime, Razia resigned from the Herald on an ethical stance. Most of her team of journalists resigned with her and together they established a new current affairs magazine called Newsline.

Razia Bhatti has been described as a crusader, a torch-bearer, and a symbol of courage. In 1996, the Pakistan Press Foundation called her untimely death at the age of 52 an "end of a golden chapter of journalism in Pakistan." For those who attempted to silence Pakistani press, Razia Bhatti was undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with during her almost thirty-year long journalistic career. Despite constant harassments and threats to her safety, she wrote bravely on issues ranging from women’s rights to political corruption. She nurtured two of Pakistan’s leading English language publications, as editor of the Herald for 12 years and then of Newsline for another eight. In 1994, less than just two years before her death, Razia Bhatti was a recipient of the “Courage in Journalism” award from the New York based International Women's Media Foundation.

Dr Ayesha Jalal is a sociologist and historian.
She is a professor of history at Tufts University and a MacArthur Fellow. She obtained her BA, majoring in History and Political Science, from Wellesley College, USA, and her doctorate in history from the University of Cambridge.

Her publications include The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan (Cambridge 1985 and 1994); The State of Martial Rule: the Origins of Pakistan's Political Economy of Defence (Cambridge, 1990) and Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia: a Comparative and Historical Perspective (Cambridge 1995).

She has also co-authored Modern South Asia: History, Culture and Political Economy (Routledge 1998) with Sugata Bose which has been published by Oxford University Press in India and by Sang-e-Meel in Pakistan. Her most recent book is Self and Sovereignty: the Muslim Individual and the Community of Islam in South Asia since c.1850 (London/New York:Routledge, Delhi: Oxford University Press and Lahore:Sang-e-Meel).

She is currently working on a new book length project entitled Partisans of Allah: Meanings of Jihad in South Asia.

Qaisra Shahraz is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an award-winning novelist, playwright, education consultant and a college inspector. Born in Pakistan she has lived in Manchester since her childhood. She is a devoted parent of three sons. As well as being a strong, active member of the Pakistani Community in the UK, she has excellent links with Pakistan in various capacities. Qaisra has two thriving careers in literature and in education and is a director of Gatehouse books.

Zarine Aziz is the President, First Women Bank Ltd (FWBL), a pioneering bank helping women to secure economic independence and provide them with a career boost, who has little access to institutional credit. She was appointed as the bank\'s President in May 2001. Working from within the bank system, she was promoted to Vice President, Senior Vice President, and finally made her way to the position of President.

She was recognized as the Best Turnaround Executive and awarded the International Business Award in New York. She was also a member delegate from the Government of Pakistan to the United Nations Special General Assembly Session-Beijing Plus 5.

fehmida mirza, First Muslim and Pakistani female Speaker of National Assembly in Pakistan national Assembly

Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai (September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000) who was a singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades. She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum / the queen of melody

Aneela Khalid Arshed is a Author, Poet, Playwright; Reiki Master, Psychic Clairvoyant and Hypnotherapist. She graduated in English and Psychology from Kinniaird College for Women in 1976 and then did her Masters in English Literature from Government College Lahore, Pakistan in 1979 and same year migrated to USA.

Aneela aims to bridge Cultural Gaps between East and West through the mediums of Theatre, Media, Seminars, Films, Journals and Books; underlying theme of her work is Peace and Brotherhood. She dwells to ignite the flame of love in every heart, so that the troubled earth may one day heal.

Aneela owns and operates a Holistic Medical Spa in Queens New York, where Alternative Healing Modalities are applied to alleviate pain and promote healing on all three levels, Body, Mind and Spirit. Modern science has proven the power of the mind. Through the power of suggestion, relaxation techniques and Yoga, Aneela has successfully treated many patients suffering from pain, depression, anxiety and sleep disorders; the root cause of many chronic and sometimes fatal diseases.

Wife of a renowned Medical Doctor, a well respected member of her community, Aneela not only owned and operated a Medical Equipment Company, but spent numerous hours scheduling and hosting Political and Cultural Events in New York. Currently, the President of The Arch, a Non- Profit, Culture Based Organization, she hopes to reach out to the world through the mediums of Art and Theatre, aspiring to efface the darkness of Hate and Prejudice, by bridging the gaps of Diversity

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Two Pakistani women, Nasim Zehra and Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.

Nasim Zehra (left), an associate at the Asia Center, and Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, first secretary at the Pakistan embassy in Washington, D.C., talk and listen during the daylong conference 'The Critical Engagement: Pakistan and U.S. Relations' in the Tsai Auditorium at CGIS. (Staff photos Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office).

Nasim Zehra is an Associate Fellow of the Asia Society and a Fellow of Harvard University Asia Center. She served on the Pakistan’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Foreign Policy and National Security from 2000-2002, and in 2005, was appointed as Pakistan’s Special Envoy on UN Reforms

Professor Salima Ikram, a well known Egyptologist, is a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, a participant in many Egyptian archaeological projects, the author of several books on Egyptian archaeology, a contributor to various magazines, and a frequent guest on television shows on the topic.

Ikram was born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1965. On a visit to Egypt at the age of nine she became fascinated with the country, its history, and its monuments.

Ikram studied Egyptology and archaeology at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA, earning an A.B. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and History. Continuing her studies at University of Cambridge, she earned her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Egyptology and museum studies. While working for her Ph.D. she also trained in fauna analysis.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a journalist and documentarian.

Known for documentaries dealing with life in the Muslim world, Obaid became the first non-American to win the Livingston Award. Her films have aired on such networks as Channel 4, CNN, PBS, and Al-Jazeera.

Obaid began her career with New York Times Television in 2002 where she produced Terror's Children, a film about Afghan refugee children, which won her the Overseas Press Club Award, the American Women and Radio and Television Award, and the South Asian Journalist Association Award. Since then, she has produced and reported on more than twelve films around the world.

Born in Karachi, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was the first woman in her Pakistani family to receive a Western education. Obaid graduated from Smith College with a bachelor of arts in economics and government and then went to complete two master's degrees from Stanford University in International Policy Studies and Communication.

namira saleem -not just the first pakistani woman but also the first pakistani to go into space and reach both north and south pole !




saira amin first ever women cadet to recieve sword of honour

Naseem Hameed created history on in 2010 by becoming the fastest woman of the region when she won the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games. At the age of 22 year old, she clocked 11.81seconds, 0.12seconds ahead of Sri Lanka’s Pramila Priyadarshani, to bag her first gold medal before a strong crowd at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The win was a historic moment as no Pakistani woman had achieved this feat in 26-year history of the regional games.

Abida Parveen, Queen of Sufi Music, is one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music. Her forte is the kafi and the ghazal, and she is known for her particularly stunning voice, as well as her vivid musical imagination. She has attained legendary status in South Asia, especially within her home province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Her highest awards include President’s Award for Pride of Performance (1982) and the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2005).

Saba Khan was among the first four girls who were inducted in the Pakistan Air Force to become fighter pilots. Coming from a Pathan family, Saba was initially inspired by her uncle who had been in the air force. She made it through the gruelling first stages of air-force training. Saba believes the first batch of women could provide much-needed inspiration for many other girls, who may follow suit.

Captain Ayesha Rabia Naveed was the first pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines. On October 21, 2005, she became the first famale captain in the history of Pakistan when she had been with PIA 15 years and had over 6000 flying hours behind her.

Ayesha got her commercial pilot licence when she was only 17 and joined PIA as a cadet pilot in 1989. Flying was in her family: her father used to fly planes as a hobby and her uncle and brother were both PIA captains. During her long stint wth PIA, she has also flown the Airbus 300 and the Boeing 747.

She again made aviation history in 25th January 2006, when she led an all-women crew and flew a PIA Fokker from Islamabad to Lahore, with 40 passengers on board. Up until then, whenever women were "manning" the plane, there was always a male presence on board. None of the passengers were aware that an all-woman crew was flying until touchdown.

urooj mumtaz

captain of pakistan women cricket team

Nazia Hassan-famous singer achieved success on both sides of the border sadly passed away from cancer R.I.P

Nazia Hassan (April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000) was an iconic Pakistani pop singer.

She is known as one of the pioneers of pop music in Pakistan. Her music was also very popular in India and in other parts of the world.

Nazia Hassan was also a lawyer and worked as a political analyst for the United Nations.
She died of cancer in 2000.

The Government of Pakistan has conferred upon Nazia Hassan the highest civil award Pride of Performance. The award was presented to Mrs. Muniza Basir, mother of Nazia Hassan by the former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf in an official ceremony held at Islamabad on 23rd March 2002.

Gold medal winner Pakistan Women cricket team

Karakoram spires are setting the scene for young guns to show their true colors. In this case, news is even better as it is a local female rising star which has bagged her first ascent. At only 18, Samina Khayal (Officially Samina Baig) summited the previously unclimbed Chashkin Sar (6,400m) in Shimshal, in the Hunza-Giligit region.

women motorcycle traffic cops in Lahore




Pakistani Female Military doctor serving humanity in Africa






Pakistani female Fighter pilots




female Pilot of Pakistan civil aviation




Pakistani Women Police In Market for Safety of Peoples

Salima Hashmi is one of the most well-known artists of Pakistan. Besides being an accomplished painter, she taught at Pakistan's prestigious National College of Arts (NCA) for about thirty years and served as the Principle of NCA for four years. In 1999, Salima Hashmi received Pakistan's Pride of Performance award. Today she is the Dean of School of Visual Arts at the newly established Beaconhouse National University in Lahore and she also runs her own art gallery featuring works of young artists.

Fatima Surayya Bajia, Pride of Performance, is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works. She also remained Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sindh province of Pakistan.

Pakistani Women Police officers standing in the Islamabad Capital city of Pakistan


We can post more and more about our Pakistani women they are also with us to build and progress our Beloved Country Pakistan

Please dont pass any political and negative comments

Thanks for Visiting Inshallh i will continue this thread and post more and more about my Nation Mother, Sister Daughter how they served my counrty and Serving My Love Pakistan

Live Long Pakistan

Allah Hafiz