Overview
- Pakistani outlets announced her death, with differing reports on whether it occurred Sunday or Monday and no official timing released.
- She earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Hawaiʻi after studies at Lahore College for Women University and Government College University, Lahore.
- Her leadership included serving as principal of Lahore College for Women and Government College for Women, Gulberg, and later as Professor Emeritus at Forman Christian College.
- A scholar of Urdu literature and intellectual history, she held the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and focused on preserving Pakistan’s literary and intellectual traditions.
- Her public roles included Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Education and National Cohesion and Chair of the National Commission on the Status of Women, and her lectures and writings influenced generations.