Women’s
Role in Pakistan Movment
Pakistan
is a great blessing for all of us. Our forefathers struggled
hard for the achievement of Pakistan under the dynamic leadership
of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Great
leaders from all over the sub-continent were in the forefront
in the fight for freedom and our women stood side by side
with them. They went from house to house to raise funds
for the Pakistan Movement, to prepare and encourage their
men to make sacrifice for the attainment of Pakistan and
to organise meetings and processions to attract the attention
of the world to their great cause of independence.
In Punjab, Lady
Maratab Ali formed Women’s Committee and
enrolled hundreds of women as its members. Fatima
Begum, a very brave and learned educationist
was General Secretary of this Committee. The committee organised
many meetings in the Punjab, some of which were addressed
by Quaid-e-Azam personally.
Miss
Fatima Jinnah made untiring efforts in looking
after Quaid-e-Azam and helping him in every way. Miss
Fatima Jinnah, Begum Muhammad Ali Johar, Begum Shah Nawaz,
Lady Haroon, and Begum Salma Tassadduque Hussain
addressed huge meetings throughout the province to
educate the common man about freedom movement.
Begum Rana Liaqat Ali Khan,
the wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, was another
prominent leader. She travelled far and wide in the country
to organise and address meetings to encourage the political
workers
.
The
following interesting incident will show how bravely and
courageously, women fought for independence.
When
Pakistan Movement was in full swing a
brave Muslim girl "Sughra
Bi Bi", jumped over the seretariat gate and
hoisted the Muslim League flag.
During
the civil disobedience movement women like Begum
Shah Nawaz, Fatima Begum, Begum Kakaa Khal, Miss Hassan
Ara Hafeez Ullah and
others were lathi charged and tear gassed and put behind
the bars.
When
they were released from jail on 29th February,
1947. When they were protesting on the railway bridge in
Peshawer, the driver of the train did not stop the train.
The women lost their balance, fell down from the bridge
and were seriously injured.
We
cannot forget these brave women who put up a heroic fight
for the achievement of Pakistan and without their active
participation it would not have been possible to realise
the dream of Pakistan that the grat poet Allama Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal had seen many years before.
Begum Salama Tassadduque Hussain - restigation
in civil disobedience
