Who does not know the first lady of Pakistan, Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan, from the movement of Pakistan to the establishment of Pakistan and from the establishment of Pakistan to the stabilization of Pakistan, her presence as a powerful woman in the political arena and social is not ignored. It is possible, but very few people know what religion Begum Rana Liaquat was before her marriage to Liaquat Ali Khan?
Liaquat Ali Khan Shaheed’s wife was born into a Christian family in Almora, Uttarakhand, India and was named Sheila Irene Pant by her father Daniel Pant, she was highly intelligent from childhood.
Sheila was an economics teacher at a Delhi college after graduating and in 1931 she met Liaquat Ali Khan where he came to lecture. They got married.
After her marriage to Liaquat Ali Khan, she not only became Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan of Sheila Irene but also devoted herself to political awareness among Indian women.
Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan participated in the Pakistan movement alongside Liaquat Ali Khan.
This credit also goes to him when Quaid-ie-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was in London, Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan persuaded him to return to India and take over the leadership of the Pakistan Movement.
After the creation of Pakistan, when Liaquat Ali Khan became the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of God, the name of Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was written as the first lady of Pakistan.
She founded an organization called “APWA” for women’s rights, the Pakistani army gave her the honor of being the first female brigadier general.
Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was Pakistan’s first female ambassador to the Netherlands, Italy and Tunisia.
She also did practical politics, she served as a minister in the cabinet of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, later Bhutto appointed her as the first female Governor of Sindh.
It is said that when General Zia-ul-Haq executed Bhutto, Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan wept continuously for 3 days. East.
After her marriage to Liaquat Ali Khan, she not only became Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan of Sheila Irene but also devoted herself to political awareness among Indian women.
Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan participated in the Pakistan movement alongside Liaquat Ali Khan.
Note: This report was published in Jang newspaper on October 16, 2022
