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The Role Of Women In Pakistan's Creation And Development
Lesson with Urdu translation
پاکستان کی تخلیق اور ترقی میں خواتین کا کردار
Sana was sitting silently on the last bench of her classroom. Aliya was sitting next to her, and noticed a confused expression on her face. She asked, "Sana, what are you worried about?"
"Aliya, I don't have a computer! How will I gather the information for our social studies assignment, 'Important Women of Pakistan'?" Sana replied.
"Don't worry! All of us will sit together during the recess and divide the task amongst ourselves. You can bring the information from the school library."
"Yes! I can do that!" Sana nodded. Aliya smiled.
During the recess, the members of Sana's group took their lunch boxes and sat under the tall, shady, Neem tree, which was their favourite spot. The group leader, Aliya, started off like an expert planner.
"Do you remember our science teacher taught us a problem-solving tool, called IDEAL?"
Everyone replied, "Oh yes, we do. But it is used for science."
Sameer said, "No, it's a tool for solving all kinds of problems and for planning too."
Ahmad explained, "First of all, we identify what the problem is. Then, we define what exactly we want to do to solve the problem. Next, we try and find out as much as we can about how to solve it. After that, we take the best possible action to try and solve it. Finally, we look back to see whether the problem has been solved or not."
"So," said Hania, "Our problem is doing the assignment for which we need to find information from different sources."
"Exactly," said Aliya. 'We also need to decide who will do what and then prepare and give our presentation."
Next, Aliya told everyone to brainstorm and make a list of the women that they would like to work on. Everyone took out a sheet of paper and wrote many names. The list was very long. Finally, after a lot of discussion, they agreed on six names.
Sana said, "I will bring information on Fatima Jinnah from the library books."
Sameer said, "My elder brother, Waqar bhai, has a laptop so I can bring information from the internet."
Aliya suddenly realized that Razia was sitting quietly and had not shared her opinions with the group. So she asked, "Razia what about you, which source can you access?"
Razia replied shyly, "My father sells newspapers. I will ask him to bring old and new newspapers for this assignment."
'That would be great!" everyone exclaimed simultaneously.
"I will use my uncle's smart phone to gather the required information," said Ahmad.
'What is a smart phone? How will you search information on a phone?" asked Sana.
"It's a mobile phone that has a touch screen instead of a keyboard for performing different tasks and we can use internet on it also," explained Ahmad, with actions.
Aliya informed that her mother had a big collection of magazines — she would use them for this assignment.
Hania said that she would get information from some journals and books.
Finally, they divided the list of the famous women amongst themselves and agreed to meet again with the information on the following Monday.
In the next meeting, they shared their material and rehearsed their presentations. On the project day, they gave marvellous presentations because the group members had done their jobs very well.
Below is the information that they had gathered through the various media sources.
Some Famous Pakistani Women
Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah (1893-1969)She was Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's younger sister. She helped him in the struggle for the establishment of Pakistan. She left dentistry to live with her brother and support him. Her support continued for about 28 years, including the last nineteen, tiring years of his life.Through her, the Muslim women of the sub-continent were able to interview Mohammad Ali Jinnah and seek his guidance. The grateful nation gave her the title of Madr-e-Millat which means 'Mother of the Nation'.
Resource used for gathering information: Library Books
Presenter Sana
Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990)
She worked as an honorary secretary and typist to her husband, Liaquat Ali Khan, because at that time the Muslim League could not afford the salary of a secretary. She arranged meetings of the Muslim League women with the wife and daughter of the Viceroy so that they could explain to them the issues and problems related to Muslim women. She also organized the Muslim voluntary service and, later, the women's National Guards, consisting of three battalions, with 2400 girls, in which, she herself held the rank of a Brigadier. She is also the founder of the All Pakistan Women Association (APWA).
Resource used for gathering information: Internet (laptop)
Presenter: Sameer
Begum Jahan Ara Shahnawaz (1896-1979)
She represented the Muslim women at the three Round Table Conferences held in London. She was the first woman to make a speech in London's Guild Hall. She also travelled widely and explained to the people of other countries, why the Muslims in India wanted a separate state.
Resource used for gathering information: Newspapers
Presenter: Razia
Professor Anita Ghulam All (1934-2014)
She was a popular newscaster of the English news and a well known teacher of her time. She also wrote several articles and books. She served twice as the Sindh Minister of Education, in addition to being the Minister of Culture, Science and Technology and Youth and Sports. Professor Anita Ghulam Ali was also the founding manager of the Sindh Education Foundation, Government of Sindh. Under her leadership, the Foundation played a remarkable role in promoting quality education and in bringing many out of school children to school, particularly in the rural areas of Sindh.
The government of Pakistan recognised her tremendous contribution to the cause of education. She was awarded the Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her life time contribution to Education.
Resource used for gathering information: Internet Smart Phone
Presenter: Ahmad
Bilquis Bano Edhi (1947)
She is a philanthropist who is also trained as a professional nurse. She is the widow of Abdul Sattar Edhi, who was a renowned social worker. She now heads the Edhi foundation which provides nationwide support and care to the public, such as shelter homes and ambulance services.
She has received Hilal-e-Imtiaz from the Government of Pakistan in recognition of her tireless efforts for the betterment of the society. She has also been named the mother of Pakistan.
Resource used for gathering information: Magazines, journals and books
Presenter Aliya
After the presentations the teacher appreciated the effort the students had put in and invited everyone to comment on the presentations. Sadia stood up and commented that the information about these women had inspired her to dream big and to work for the nation. The teacher then asked a few students to share their future dreams with the class.
Maryam shared that she wanted to be an educationist like Anita Ghulam Ali, and her grandmother, who was also an educationist. She expressed her wish to work for the improvement of female education. Next, Hira told her class fellows that she wanted to be a philanthropist like Bilquis Edhi and wanted to protect girls from all troubles. Daniyal added that, like Abdul Sattar Edhi, he would like to help all human beings in trouble.
The teacher was very happy to see the enthusiasm of the future leaders of the country.
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