Farida Ahmed Siddiqui (c.1937, Meerut - August 2013, Karachi) was a Pakistani religious scholar and Member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

Background

Siddiqui was born in Meerut, India. She received a post-graduate degree from the University of Karachi in 1958. She was the younger sister of Shah Ahmad Noorani.

Career

Siddiqui was the Founder President of the Women Islamic Mission, and a member of the Anjuman-e-Tableegh-e-Islam and Islamic Mission Welfare. She was the author of several religious books. She was a former member of the

and she was also the only serving woman in the Council of Islamic Ideology before her death.

Death

She died in Karachi at a private hospital after a long illness at the age of 76 in August 2013. She left behind two sons and a daughter.

References

Pakistani women academics Pakistani religious writers 20th-century Pakistani women politicians 2013 deaths 1937 births Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan Politicians from Meerut University of Karachi alumni {{Pakistan-MNA-stub