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Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan

Mother of Pakistan
Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
رعنا لياقت على خان
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan in 1961
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan in 1961
10th Governor of Sindh
In office
15 February 1973 – 28 February 1976
President Fzal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by Mir Bux Talpur
Succeeded by Muhammad Dilvar
Constituency Karachi-X
First Lady of Pakistan
In office
14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951
President of All Pakistan Women's Association
In office
14 August 1949 – 29 October 1951
Personal details
Born Sheila Irene Pant
(1905-02-13)13 February 1905
Almora, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
Died 13 June 1990(1990-06-13) (aged 85)
Karachi, Sindh Province
Citizenship British Indian Empire (1912–1947)
Pakistan (1947–1990)
Nationality Indian-Pakistani
Political party Muslim League
Independent
Spouse(s) Liaquat Ali Khan
Alma mater University of Lucknow (BSc and MSc)
Occupation Stateswoman
Religion Islam
Awards Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military)
Military service
Nickname(s) Mother of Pakistan
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Years of service 1947–1951
Rank US-O7 insignia.svg Brigadier-General (honorary rank)
Unit Pakistan Army Medical Corps
Commands Naval Woman Reserves Corps
Pakistan Woman National Guard
Pakistan Army Medical Corps
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1947

Begum Ra'ana Liaqat Ali Khan (Urdu: رعنا لياقت على خان‎, born Sheila Irene Pant; February 1905 – 13 June 1990), DPhil, NI, was one of the leading woman figures in the Pakistan Movement along with her husband Liaquat Ali Khan, and a career economist, and prominent stateswoman from the start of the cold war till the fall and the end of the cold war. Ra'anna was one of the leading woman politicians and nationwide respected woman personalities who started her career in the 1940s and witnessed key major events in Pakistan. She was one of the leading and pioneering woman figures in the Pakistan Movement and served as the executive member of Pakistan Movement committee working under Muhammad Ali Jinnah. She also served as economic adviser to Jinnah's Pakistan Movement Committee and later became First Lady of Pakistan when her husband Liaqat Khan Ali became Pakistan's first prime minister. As First Lady of Pakistan, she launched programs for woman's development in the newly founded country. Later, she would start her career as a stateswoman that would last a decade.

In the 1970s, she joined hands with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's political movement and joined the of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, elected prime minister at that time. She was one of the most trusted and close government and economical advisers to Bhutto and his government, and had played influential role and involved with many key economical decisions taken by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto led the appointment of Ra'ana as the Governor of Sindh Province, and she took the oath on 15 February 1973. Ra'ana was the first woman Governor of Sindh as well as first Chancellor of University of Karachi. In 1977, Ra'ana along with Bhutto and his party, and won the parliamentary elections of 1977, but did not take the gubernatorial office due to martial law imposed by General Zia-ul-Haq, Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army. Ra'ana went on to work and dedicated her life for the social and economic benefit of women of Pakistan till her death in 1990. She died in 1990 due to cardiac arrest and was buried in Karachi, with full state and military honours given to her in her funeral. Because of her services and efforts for medical and woman development and woman empowerment, Ra'ana is commonly known as "Māder-e-Pakistan" (English translation: Mother of Pakistan).


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