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Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (July 22, 1915 - December 11, 2000), prominent Pakistan|Pakistani female politician, diplomat, and author. She was born in Calcutta as the only daughter of Sir Hassan Suhrawardy. She studied at the Calcutta University (BA Hons.) and London University (PhD.). In 1933, she married Mohammed Ikramullah, the first Foreign Secretary of the Government of Pakistan, also that country's envoy to the United Kingdom, the Third French Republic, Canada and Portugal. Her daughter Princess Sarvath is married to Prince Hassan of Jordan. Begum Ikramullah was one of the first two women to be elected to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan (active between 1947 and 1956). She was a delegate to the United Nations on several occasions and was a member of the Committee that worked on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Convention Against Genocide. She served as Ambassador to Morocco from 1964 to1967. She is also known as an author and essayist in both the English language and Urdu. She was the author of the book Behind the Veil: Ceremonies, Customs and Colour, which is a collection of essays on Muslim society from a woman's perspective. Her publications include:
and several books in Urdu. She died in Karachi. Pakistan-bio-stub Category:1915 births Category:2000 deaths Category:People of Kolkata Category:Pakistani people Category:Women of Pakistan Category:Pakistani politicians Category:Women writers This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah".
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