Career
Shahtaj Qizilbash belonged to noble Qizilbash family of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She got her early education from Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore. When she returned to Pakistan from England in 1983, she found the atmosphere charged with women on the roads, particularly against the discriminatory laws introduced by President Zia ul Haq.
When Asma Jahangir, Gul Rukh, Hina Jilani and Shela established an all women"s law firm (the AGHS), she joined them and took the task of paralegal training.