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Begum Akhtar Riazuddin

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Riazuddin is an activist, focusing on women's uplift. She founded her welfare organisation, Behbud Association of Pakistan, for the purpose, in 1967 other branches later expanded to Lahore and in Karachi by the name of Behbud Association Karachi. . She worked as federal secretary of the Ministry of
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Other than being a teacher, she remained a member of the All Pakistan Music Conference Committee from 1957 to 1965. She also participated in the First All Pakistan Handicrafts Exhibition in Lahore in 1965. Begum Riazuddin also acted as adviser to the National Craft Council during mid-1980s. She is
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Women in Pakistan are really beginning to hope that things will improve for them. Even in the most conservative corners, women know they no longer face what they have been through in the past 11 years.
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for her pioneering work in the genre of travelogue in Urdu 'Dhanak Par Qadam' in March 1970. She was also one of the group of 1,000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 as part of the
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one of the founding members of Behbud Association, a social welfare organization working towards empowering women in underprivileged areas. She is a member of the board of governors of the
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in March 2000 for her voluntary social service. She received the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' of the Ministry of Women's Development in August 2005. She was given the
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Women's Development in the late 1980s. She has attended many international conferences for the betterment and welfare of women, including the 32nd Session of the
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became the prime minister in 1988, Riazuddin was optimistic and hoped for a better future for women after the harsh
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was launched in Pakistan in 1990 and the next year in London. She has also worked on a thesis titled
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This article is about the Pakistani activist and writer. For the Indian singer, see
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Federal secretary in the Ministry of Women's Development, Pakistan (MWD)
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The Contribution of Islamic Civilisation to India & Pakistan.
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Begum Riazuddin's literary career is based on two travelogues,
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Founder and Chairperson, Behbud Association of Pakistan
410:(15 October 1928 – 11 January 2023) was a Pakistani 353: 348: 298: 271: 256: 233: 182: 151: 143: 123: 104: 66: 34: 438:, Lahore, in 1949, and did her MA in English from 220:Member of All Pakistan Music Conference Committee 762:(in Urdu) (1st ed.). 94/1, 26th St., Ph. 6, 1143:"NGO struggling to protect welfare of the poor" 515: 462:are related to Riazuddin through her husband. 893:: National Book Foundation. 2011. p. 88. 8: 1258:Government College University, Lahore alumni 1253:Kinnaird College for Women University alumni 980:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 748: 746: 260:Three daughters, including Ms. Nigar Ahmad 1002: 875:: Punjab Textbook Board. 2008. p. 60. 726: 724: 677: 675: 334: 332: 42: 39: 31: 1086: 1084: 1040: 1038: 553:A History of Crafts in India and Pakistan 1273:Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award 559:Her works also include her travelogues, 995: 993: 991: 945: 943: 843:: Khalid Book Depot. 2008. p. 135. 831: 829: 827: 825: 742: 649: 434:on 15 October 1928. 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Begum Akhtar
Begum Akhtar Sulaiman
Urdu
SI
Calcutta
Bengal Presidency
British India
Kolkata
Kolkata district
Karachi
British Indian
Pakistani
Kinnaird College
Lahore
Government College, Lahore
Founder and Chairperson, Behbud Association of Pakistan
Travelogue writer
Feminist activist
Islamia College for Women
Lahore
ICS
CSP
DMG
Aurat Foundation
Sabihuddin Ahmed
Asma Jahangir

Star of Excellence
Pakistan Writers’ Guild
behbud.org

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