This document highlights the accomplishments of many prominent women from Pakistan across various fields such as politics, social work, literature, education, sports and more. It profiles over 20 influential Pakistani women including politicians Benazir Bhutto and Fatima Jinnah, writers Bano Qudsia and Parveen Shakir, singer Noor Jehan, journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, activist Asma Jahangir, philanthropists Bilquis Edhi and Mussarat Misbah, computer prodigy Arfa Karim, pilot Ayesha Farooq, and athlete Naseem Hameed. The document celebrates the efforts of these proud daughters of Pakistan who have made significant contributions and brought honor
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.
5. Fatima Jinnah
Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani dental
surgeon, biographer, stateswoman and one of the
leading founders of Pakistan.
6. Ra’ana Liaqat Ali khan
The wife of country’s first prime minister, first
ambassador of Pakistan, first Muslim winner of
human rights award, she has carved out an
everlasting model for the women’s empowerment
in the nation.
7. Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was the 11th Prime Minister of
Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in
1988–90 and then 1993–96. 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 President’s
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.
