Background
Naheed was born in 1940 to a Syed family in Bulandshahr, India.
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Kishwar Naheed
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She studied at home and received a high school diploma through correspondence courses.
Career
She has written several poetry books She migrated to Lahore, Pakistan after partition in 1949 with her family. She struggled and fought to receive education when women were not allowed to go to school.
In Pakistan she went on to obtain Master of Arts degree in Economics from Punjab University, Lahore.
Naheed has served major positions in various national institutions, as director general of Pakistan National Council of the Arts. She also worked and edited a literary magazine Mahe naw.
She established Hawwa organisation (Eve). The purpose of the organisation is to support those women who have not independent income, providing financially opportunities through cottage industries and selling handicrafts.
