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Barrister Shahida Jameel

MASROOR AHMED MASROOR

Pakistan's Sindh Province has played a vital role in the promotion of women hockey. Mst Akhtar suleman and Mst S.A.Khan are the two ladies who had contributed a lot to start and to popularise the game of hockey among girls throughout the province. These two ladies are said to be the pioneers of women hockey in Sindh province.

Being the President and general Secretary of Sindh Women Hockey Association respectively, both the ladies had done a tremendous job for the progress of Women Hockey for a number of years.

Both the ladies are no more in this world but they are remembered all the times with special reference to their services which they rendered for the women hockey.

However it is well indeed that the mission to promote women hockey has not ended after death of both the ladies, but it has been taken up by their daughters and the mission is going on successfully till now in all respects.

Barrister Mrs.Shahida Jameel is the daughter of Mst Suleman Akhtar and Mrs.Shaista Javed is the daughter of Mst S.A.Khan are the main figures of women hockey and these two ladies are devotedly working for the women hockey. Mrs.Shahida Jameel is President and Mrs.Shaista javed is General secretary of Sindh Women Hockey Association respectively.

These two ladies are working together with a cooperative team of other ladies with the same zeal and spirit ,which their mothers had adopted.Both the ladies are very much involoved in activities of women hockey and due to their sincere efforts the women hockey has attained a distinctive position not only in sindh but in all the other three provinces.

In the end of year 1999 18th national Women Hockey Championship was held at Karachi[Pakistan] and all the arrangements of championship were to be made by the sindh Women hockey association. Barrister Shahida jameel and Mrs.Shaista Javed being the president and Secretary of Sindh women Hockey association organised the championship so beautifully so smoothly that it was said that such wonderful arrangements had never been seen earlier during women championships.

Barrister Shahida jameel is a national figure of Pakistan Women hockey as she has been assigned duties as chief of women hockey cell and she is organising women hockey on national level too.It is also learnt that Barrister Shahida Jameel is a nominee for a seat of Internationaal Hockey federation,elections of which are going to be held during the current month.

Now another very important Information about Barrister Shahida Jameel that she is the first women hockey organiser who had been elevated to the post of ministerial job.In the year 1999 the Pakistan Army took over the country's administration due to some unavoidable circumstances. After few months of taken charge of country's administration Barrister Shahida Jameel had been given the rank of Provincial minister for Law in Sindh's Government. Apart from her activities in Women Hockey.it is also a truth that she is a lawyer of some good repute.

It is also a point to note that her husband and son both are Barristers. Mrs.Shahida jameel who performed her responsibilities as Provincial Law Minister so nicely that within a few months she had been elevated to the rank of Federal Minister of Law. Although she is doing her job as federal law minister in the present setup of Government,but she is very much involved in her mission to promote the women hockey in Pakistan.

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