Background
She was born to a noble family of Lahore. She was the daughter of Munshi Maulvi Mehboob Alam (Mahbub Alam (journalist)), who owned a newspaper named, famed and named for costing just one paisa.
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Fatima Begum
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Begum received her early education at home and later went on to complete her master"s degree from Punjab University. In 1908, the Islamic Association of Women was established. Begum Shafi was its first president and Fatima Begum was appointed as its general secretary.
She was appointed as an honorary Inspector of Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
She also used to publish a newspaper named KHATOON. Every morning, Begum would go and address the girls about their responsibilities in Pakistan Movement. After doing all this work in Lahore she decided to go to the North-West Frontier Province.
When there was famine and very poor health conditions in Bengal, she took to action with some of her companions to distribute food and medicines to the afflicted. 1n 1947, after the formation of Pakistan, she did a lot of work for people coming from India.
After a lifelong struggle she died in 1958.
