1. By: Aysha Zubaid Neha Imtiaz Fatima karim Reader's Club
Women in Pakistan
2. We are 51%
3. Incredible Women of Pakistan From Fatima Jinnah to Arfa
Karim, Pakistan has witnessed many incredible women who made
Pakistan proud across the globe. From politics to social work, from
literature to showbiz, from education to sports Pakistan Provides
great opportunities for women . Today we are gathered here to
celebrate the efforts of proud daughters of Pakistan.
4. Prominent Pakistani women Fatima Jinnah Mrs Rana Liaqat Ali
khan Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Bano Qudsia Parveen shakir Noor Jehan
Abida Parveen Sharmeen obaid Chinoy Dr Farhat Hashmi Bushra Ansari
Asma jahangir Bilquis edhi Malala yousafzai Mussarat misbah Arfa
Karim Naseem Hamid Aysha Farooq
5. Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani dental surgeon,
biographer, stateswoman and one of the leading founders of
Pakistan.
6. Raana Liaqat Ali khan The wife of countrys first prime
minister, first ambassador of Pakistan, first Muslim winner of
human rights award, she has carved out an everlasting model for the
womens empowerment in the nation.
7. Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto was the 11th Prime Minister of
Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in 198890 and then
199396. A scion of the politically powerful Bhutto family, she was
the eldest daughter of Zulfikar Ali and 1st women leader of Muslim
world.
8. Bano qudsia Bano Qudsia a writer, intellectual, playwright
and spiritualist fro m Pakistan who writes Urdu novels and short
stories. She is best known for her novel Raja Gidh and has written
for television and stage in both the Urdu and Punjabi
languages.
9. Parveen shakir Parveen Shakir was an Urdu poet, teacher and
a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan. Parveen started
writing at an early age and published her first volume of poetry,
Khushbu [Fragrance], the most Famous poetry book of Pakistan.
10. Noor Jehan Noor Jehan 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.
11. Sharmeen obaid Chinoy a Pakistani journalist and
documentary filmmaker.She won an Academy Award for her documentary,
Saving Face in 2012 and became first Pakistani to win an Oscar. She
won an Emmy for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban
in 2010. She is also the first non-American to win the Livingston
Award for Young Journalists. The Pakistani President conferred the
Hilal-e-Imtiaz on Obaid- Chinoy on 23 March 2012, for bringing
honor to Pakistan as a filmmaker.
12. Bushra Ansari Bushra Ansari is a Pakistani television
presenter, singer, actress and playwright who started as a child
performer in the 1960s and has remained a major TV personality for
over four decades. has visited many countries and won numerous
awards, including the Pride of Performance Award in 1989 as well as
presidential award from Pervez Musharraf and a Women's Achievement
Award from Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
13. Abida Perveen The renowned folk singer who is listened and
admired all across the world. The soul of her Sufiaana Kalaam moves
the soul of people. Dhundo ge ager mulko, , Dil e nadaan, main
naraye mastaana, wo jo hum me qarar tha are some of her big time
hits.
14. Asma Jahangir Pakistani lawyer, an award winning human
rights and democracy activist. Her work focuses on prevention of
persecution of religious minorities, gender equality, and
extremism. She served as the United Nations Special Reporter on
Freedom of Religion or Belief from August 2004 to July 2010, she
currently serves on the U.N panel for inquiry into Sri Lankan human
rights violations by the Sri Lankan authorities. Jahangir is an
recipient of several awards including the, Hilal-i-Imtiaz,
Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a
Culture of Human Rights .
15. Bilquis Edhi Hilal-e-Imtiaz winner, is a professional nurse
and one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan. She has
been nicknamed, The Mother of Pakistan. Together with her husband
their charity has saved over 16,000 unwanted babies.
16. Dr Farhat Hashmi Is famous Islamic Scholar. She is Also
owner of one of the biggest Islamic Institution for women naming
Al.Hudda.
17. Malala Yousafzai Pakistani activist for female education
and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner. A 2013 issue of Time
magazine featured Yousafzai as one of "The 100 Most Influential
People in the World". She was the winner of Pakistan's first
National Youth Peace Prize.
18. Mussarat Misbah Musarrat Misbah, a
beautician-turned-supposed philanthropist has been honored with the
Presidents Pride of Performance . she opened Smile Again Foundation
which helped female survivors of acid and kerosene oil burns in
Pakistan by providing them appropriate medical attention and
reconstructive surgery, psychological/psychiatric support, shelter
and vocational training.
19. Arfa Karim Randhawa Pakistani student and computer prodigy
who, in 2004 at the age of nine, became the youngest Microsoft
Certified Professional(MCP). She also received the President's
Award for Pride of Performance. A science park in Lahore, the Arfa
Software Technology Park, was named after her.
20. Ayesha Farooq She is 1st female Pakistani fighter pilot.
She now fly in a Chinese-made F7PG fighter jet alongside her 24
male colleagues in Squadron 20.
21. Naseem Hameed Another woman of pride for us, Ms. Naseem
Hameed, gold medalist in Athletes and renowned as the fastest woman
of South Asia when she won the 100 meters race is also ambassador
of Sports since then.
