Tahira Mazhar Ali

Tahira Mazhar Ali (née Hayat) (5 January 1924, Lahore, British India[1] – 23 March 2015, Lahore, Pakistan[1]) was a Pakistani women's rights campaigner, mentor to Benazir Bhutto and mother of Tariq Ali.[2][3][4] Her husband, late Mazhar Ali Khan was also a well-known journalist of Pakistan, with Socialist leanings

Ali was the daughter of the Punjabi politician Sikandar Hayat Khan and a younger sister of Sardar Shaukat Hayat Khan and Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Xari Jalil (2015-03-24). "Tahira Mazhar Ali's death a profound loss to many". Dawn.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. ↑ Omar Waraich (2015-03-29). "Tahira Mazhar Ali: Women's rights campaigner who was the mother of Tariq Ali and acted as mentor to Benazir Bhutto - People - News". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  3. ↑ "Tahira Mazhar Ali's death a profound loss to many - Pakistan". Dawn.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  4. ↑ "Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan, 1925-2015 ‹ The Friday Times". Thefridaytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  5. ↑ Shaukat Hayat Khan 'The Nation that Lost its Soul: Memoirs', Lahore, 1993
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