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Six (6) women politicians were elected on reserved seats as the members of the 4th National Assembly from 1965 to 1969. [2][3] They include; Begum Mariam Hashimuddin Ahmed, Begum Razia Faiz, Begum Dolly Azad, Begum Mujeeb-un-nisa Mohammad Akram, Begum Khudeja Khan, S.I., T.Pk., and Begum Zari Sarfraz.
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1974) [ 3 ] is a Pakistani politician, who served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022 till 10 August 2023. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, she was the first woman to have held the position. [ 4 ]
Women in Pakistan make up 48.76% of the population according to the 2017 census of Pakistan. [3] Women in Pakistan have played an important role in Pakistani history [4] and have had the right to vote since 1956. [5] In Pakistan, women have held high office including Prime Minister, Speaker of the National Assembly, Leader of the Opposition, as ...
Benazir Bhutto[a] (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.
Sherbano Rehman was born on 21 December 1960 in Karachi [1] [2] to Hassanally A. Rahman.Her mother served as first vice president of the State Bank of Pakistan. [3] Rehman attended the Karachi Grammar School receiving her A level from there, she moved to the United States where she studied at the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, [4] where she received her B.A. [5] in political ...
On 26 February 2024, she assumed the role of Chief Minister of Punjab, marking the first instance of a woman serving as a Chief Minister in any province of Pakistan. Early life and education Maryam was born on 28 October 1973 [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] in Lahore , Pakistan, [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] to Nawaz Sharif and Kulsoom Butt . [ 10 ]
This photo released on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, by the Pakistan Cricket Board shows Salem Imtiaz in Lahore, Pakistan, who became the first Pakistani woman to be nominated to the International ...