Obituary: Pakistan Movement worker dies

Begum Nasim Altaf Parwaz laid to rest.

ISLAMABAD:

A legendary Pakistan Movement worker, Begum Nasim Altaf Parwaz, died on Tuesday at the age of 90 in Islamabad.

Begum Nawaz hoisted Pakistan’s flag over the Lahore Secretariat, replacing the British flag, the Union Jack, during the early days of the Pakistan Movement.

She was laid to rest in a graveyard in Islamabad’s sector H-8. Begum Nawaz was the mother of poet and journalist Tahir Parwaz and columnist Sohail Parwaz.

She was awarded the gold medal by Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehrik-i-Pakistan for her selfless and untiring services during the movement.

Begum Nawaz would motivate women to participate in the movement by visiting them door-to-door. She was married to renowned poet and journalist Altaf Parwaz (late), whose poetry inspired the masses during the independence movement.

Begum Nasim also served injured refugees at Walton Camp, Lahore. She remained a forefront active worker of Quaid-i-Azam-led Muslim League.  During the 1950s she was the editor of a monthly magazine “Sehar” and also helped empower women through a social orgnization, “Tarinjan”.

The quran khawani for the deceased will be held at House No48, Street 9, Sector I-8/1, today (Thursday) at 2:30pm.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2011.