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Profiles:
Razia Bhatti Ismat Chughtai Bilquis Edhi Salima Hashmi Nazia Hassan Mehreen Jabbar Asma Jahangir Fatima Jinnah Rana L. A. Khan Yasmeen Lari Nafis Sadik Bapsi Sidhwa Sabiha Sumar more to come...
Interviews:
Bilquis Edhi Shahla Haeri Mehreen Jabbar Tehreema Mitha Maniza Naqvi Sharmeen Obaid
Book Reviews:
Thallassa Ali's A Beggar at the Gate Tehmina Durrani's My Feudal Lord Shahla Haeri's No Shame for the Sun Jasmin Mirza's Between Chaddor and the Market Tahira Naqvi's Attar of Roses Fauzia Saeed's Taboo Kamila Shamsie's Kartography Sara Suleri's Boys Will Be Boys
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Bibliography
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Articles:
Going Where I Know I Belong Reminiscing Nazia Ismat Chughtai: Unexplored Territory Moving On
Contributors:
Faisal Abdulla
Ambreen Ali
Umar Cheema
Nalini Iyer
Laila Kazmi
Pratibha Kelapure
Anjum Niaz
Asra Nomani
Shabina Nishat Omar
Uzma Rizvi

Jazbah (Jäzbäh) is an Urdu word which means dedication or passion for a cause. This site is devoted to all those Pakistani women who have worked hard to achieve great goals and made significant, positive impacts in their societies.

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Benazir Bhutto is no more...

The charismatic yet controversial former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, died on December 27, 2007 in a terrorist attack on her convoy during a political rally. When she took office in 1988 to begin her first term, she became the first woman prime minister of a Muslim nation. She served in that post till 1990 and again in 1993-1996.

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