Salma Ahmed

Cutting Free: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Pakistani Woman (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with a privileged childhood in an elite family of pre-partition India, to a troubled youth in Pakistan, this is the inspiring story of Salma Ahmed - a woman who surmounted formidable odds to achieve extraordinary success in business and politics. In this strikingly honest and candid account, Salma talks of her three marriages - to a naval officer, a scion of a leading feudal family, and a cricketing star; her conflicts as a mother as she makes the agonising decision to give up two of her six children; and her efforts to build a career as an entrepreneur and political figure in an emerging Pakistan. As she recounts the events of a life filled with dramatic highs and equally painful lows, she does not spare herself any more than she does other players in her story.

This is a book that unabashedly reveals many of the hidden taboos of contemporary Pakistani society, bringing into question customs that are an integral, if unpleasant, part of subcontinental culture. Salma Ahmed's gripping narration of her political career is fast-paced and often amusing. The book relates events of the 1985 Assembly, which no other author has yet commented on. Her interaction with the late President Zia-ul-Haq and Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, MQM leader Altaf Hussain, the charismatic Pir Sahib Pagaro, and several others, gave her a unique opportunity to witness first-hand the intrigue, power plays and unfolding drama of Pakistani politics. Her frequent visits to India brought her into contact with Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv, and many other leading figures of the sub-continent. This is the absorbing tale of a woman who was a pampered child, an unhappy wife, a repentant mother - but one who emerged triumphant as a woman of substance, in business and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Roli Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789351940616
• Artikelnr.: 42332581

Autorenporträt

Salma Ahmed-Eny to family and friends-was born Indira Salma Husain in Cambridge, UK. Her father, Syed Akhtar Husain, was then in the elite pre-Partition Indian Civil Service. After opting for Pakistan, Akhtar Husain transferred to the foreign service, and following a distinguished career spanning over two decades, retired as one of Pakistan's senior-most diplomats. Her mother, Zakia Husain, belongs to an eminent landed family of UP (India) that traces its lineage back several hundred years. Salma started her business career as a relatively young woman, and set up her first industry in 1967. She followed this up by starting two more industries, but the high point of her career was the remarkable success she achieved in ship-breaking. It remains her proud achievement to have been the first woman ever to have done this. Winner of the prestigious Priyadarshini award for being Pakistan's most successful woman entrepreneur in the fifty years since Independence (1947-1997), Salma is the founder-president of the Pakistan Association of Women Entrepreneurs (PAWE) and was the first president of the International Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (IFWE). She is also the President of the Women's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) in Pakistan. To enable economic empowerment of women in Pakistan continues to be her greatest passion. Salma started public service in the 1970s, when she worked with selfless zeal for the rehabilitation of displaced Pakistanis from Bangladesh. She later entered politics, and joined the All-Pakistan Muslim League in 1977. She was appointed member of the party's Central Working Committee, and was MNA from 1985 to 1988. Today, she continues to be an active member of the Pakistan Muslim League.