Tahira Mazhar Ali: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| birth_name = Tahira Hayat

| birth_date = 5 January 1924

| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British India]] (now Pakistan)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|03|23|1924|01|05|df=yes}}

| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan

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==Career==

She was one of the founding members of the [[Communist Party of Pakistan]] (CPP)<ref name=":0" /> and with her husband was also part of the Progressive Papers Ltd (PPL).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Desk |first1=Caravan |title=Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan - A Woman Extraordinaire |url=https://clarionindia.net/tahira-mazhar-ali-khan-a-woman-extraordinaire/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan: the end of an era |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/101179/tahira-mazhar-ali-khan-the-end-of-an-era/ |work=Daily Times |date=13 April 2015}}</ref>

Ali was jailed for vigorously opposing General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]]'s dictatorship. She was the first person in Pakistan to pair the fight for workers' rights with the fight for women's rights, resisting Zia's assault on the rights of women.<ref name="independent" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Torchbearer for a progressive politics |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-torchbearer-for-progressive-politics/ |work=The Indian Express |date=28 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Although she was born in an affluent family, she remained an activist for labour and women's rights for over 60 years. In 1950, she was one of the founders of the ''[[Democratic Women's Association]]'' (DWA), considered the country's first independent women's rights organisation.<ref name=":1" /> For the first time in Pakistan, [[International Women's Day]] was observed under her leadership where it was openly demanded that women be given equal status and rights.<ref name="Dawn" /> In 1971, she was amongst a small group of people who protested against the war in [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh).<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=Tahira Mazhar Ali |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/31089-tahira-mazhar-ali |work=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>

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==Death and legacy==

Ali died on 23 March 2005 in [[Lahore]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|author=Xari Jalil |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1171442|title=Tahira Mazhar Ali’s death a profound loss to many|website=Dawn (newspaper) |date=24 March 2015|accessdate=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=Our Special |title=Tahira Mazhar Ali – an unflinching Leftist |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1182474 |work=DAWN.COM |date=17 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Veteran leftist activist Tahira Ali laid to rest |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/858564/paying-tribute-veteran-leftist-activist-laid-to-rest-in-a-graveyard-near-her-shah-jamal-home |work=The Express Tribune |date=24 March 2015 |language=en}}</ref> Veteran Pakistani journalist and human rights activist [[I. A. Rehman]] paid tribute to her in the ''Dawn'' newspaper, saying that she was "a true activist" and mentioning her work for women's rights and peace-making efforts between India and Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn/>

== Further reading ==▼

* {{Cite web|title=Torchbearer for a progressive politics|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-torchbearer-for-progressive-politics/|date=March 28, 2015|first=Beena|last=Sarwar|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|authorlink=Beena Sarwar}}▼

==References==

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▲== Further reading ==

▲* {{Cite web|title=Torchbearer for a progressive politics|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-torchbearer-for-progressive-politics/|date=March 28, 2015|first=Beena|last=Sarwar|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|authorlink=Beena Sarwar}}

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