Fatima Jinnah was born in Karachi on 30th July 1893. Jinnah had seven siblings. Mohammad Ali Jinah was the eldest one in the family, and Fatima Jinnah was the 2nd last child of the family. In this family of seven siblings she was the closest one to Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Her well known and respected brother became her guardian after the death of their father in 1901. Fatima Jinna joined the Bandara convert in Bombay in 1902 where she remained in hostels as her parents had died. In 1919 she got admitted to the highly competitive University of Calcutta where she attended the Dr.R.Ahmad dental collage. After she graduated from there, she went with her idea of opening a dental clinic in Bombay in 1923.
She was known as Madar-e-millat or mother of the nation. Fatima Jinnah’s name is an important one among the leaders of Pakistan Movement. She is the most loved one for being the closest supporter of her brother and founder of Pakistan and the leader of all India Muslims Quaid-e-Azam. But she is much more than that from Fatima Jinnah. She joined the All India Muslim League and attended the annual sessions of the party. Fatima Jinnah contributed in the social development sector has been ignored. She along with Begum Liaqat Ali Khan made the greatest contribution in the realm of women’s awakening and participation in national affairs.
Benazir Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953, in Karachi, Pakistan, the eldest child of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She went on to found the Pakistan People's Party and serve as the nation's prime minister (from 1971 to 1977). After completing her early education in Pakistan, she pursued her higher education in the United States. Bhutto attended Radcliffe College from 1969 to 1973 and then enrolled at Harvard University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative government. It was then onto the United Kingdom, where she studied at Oxford University from 1973 to 1977, completing a course in international law and diplomacy. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, 37, has made history as the only Pakistani to win two Oscars.
On Tuesday, she made headlines in Pakistan when her name was called at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, for best short subject documentary film of the year.
She walked up to the stage to accept the award, waved her Oscar triumphantly and said: "I have another one!"
The film, A Girl in the River - The Price of Forgiveness, highlights the issue of honour killings in Pakistan. It traces the story of an 18-year-old woman, Saba, who was shot by her relatives to redeem their family honour, and dumped into a river. She miraculously survived to tell her story.
The subject of honour killings is not discussed much in Pakistan - mainly because most of the crimes go unreported and the victims remain unknown.
This is why Ms Obaid Chinoy chose it as the subject for her latest film.
In her acceptance speech, she said that after seeing the film, Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to change the law on honour killings.
"That is the power of film," she said.
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