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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
485:(1963). In her travelogues, she uses unique similies and humorous allusions, along with satirical comments. She writes in an informal style. Her writings are simple as well as interesting. Her travelogues feature human mentality, along with civilisation and society.
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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
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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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Begum Riazuddin's literary career is based on two travelogues,
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