Mumtaz Rashidi
Pakistani social worker (1934–2004)
Begum Mumtaz Rashidi (Sindhi: بيگم ممتاز راشدي) (March 1934 – 1 November 2004) was a Pakistani social worker and writer. She served as Pakistan's first woman press attaché in 1954. She also worked in the Philippines, China and Hong Kong on various ambassadorial assignments. She was the wife of Pir Ali Muhammad Rashidi, a renowned scholar and politician of Sindh, Pakistan.
Childhood and education
Mumtaz Rashidi was born on 8 March 1934 in Calcutta, British India. She was the grandniece of Sher- i-Bengal A.K. Fazalul Haq. She got early education at Dao Hill School of Darjeeling. She received Degree of Art from Eden Girls College Dhakka and B.A. in English literature from Dhakka University with first class first position. She also took Master of Arts degree from the same university again with first class first position. She got Diploma in Journalism from Notre Dame Indiana University USA in 1955–56.
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