She was an instrumental figure in Pakistani women's movement .During the transfer of power in 1947, Jinnah formed the Women's Relief Committee, which later formed the nucleus for the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA). She also played a significant role in the settlement of Muhajirs (refugees from India) in the new state of Pakistan. She continued to work for the welfare of the Pakistani people until she died in Karachi on July 8, 1967.
She was a dental surgeon by profession. She took admission in Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College(University of Calcutta ) in 1919 . After she graduated, she opened a dental clinic in Bombay in 1923.
After the death of her sister in law Rattanbai Petit, Fatima Jinnah gave up her practice and any semblance of a personal life, to be her brother's caretaker, adviser and emotional support network until the day he died on September 11, 1948, one year after the birth of Pakistan.
She also contested presidential elections in 1965 against the then military president Field Marshal Ayub Khan. With her shocking white hair and billowing salwar, she gained popular support and roused Pakistanis to reclaim democracy only to lose amidst accusations that the incumbent cheated.
President Ayub Khan also tried to delegitimize her, alleging that Muslim women could not become head of state. Jinnah remained unmarried and died in 1967.
She has always been considered a role model by many. She is unequivocally revered across religious, ethnic and gender lines in Pakistan.. She passed away on 8th of July 1967.The official cause of her death was heart failure but rumours kepr revolving that she was assassinated.
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