Fatimmah Jinnah: A Political Leader

Authors

  • Shahnaz Begum Ph.D. Scholar, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, The Women University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Pro Dr. Asmat Naz Professor (Retired), Department of History and Pakistan Studies, The Women University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2022(3-III)17

Keywords:

Muslim League, Democracy, Dictatorship, Elections, Leadership

Abstract

From the History, the role of women in politics remained a conventional matter. Female leadership in Pakistan has cultural, social constraint which created hurdles in the progress of country because women are almost half portion of population of Pakistan. The main focus of the study is to describe the political role of Fatima Jinnah and to elaborate her struggle to encourage the women play an important role in politics The purposed research paper describe the efforts of Fatima Jinnah to give the awareness of their political rights as well as sense of identity to the women. This study pursues her political journey from Subcontinent to Pakistan. The prime objectives are to highlight her efforts for the democracy, challenge the dictatorship in Pakistan and to examine her constraint as a female leader. It also analyzes the services of Fatima after existence of Pakistan. The study of this paper is based on deductive approach and qualitative method to find out the reasons of biased defeat of Fatima Jinnah in presidential election and as a political leader proved herself a turning point for female leadership in Pakistan.

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Published

2022-09-30

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How to Cite

Begum, S., & Naz, A. (2022). Fatimmah Jinnah: A Political Leader. Journal of Development and Social Sciences, 3(3), 162–173. https://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2022(3-III)17

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