Farida Azam
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Begum Farida Amir Azam (1937, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India - 5 July 1992, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan) was the third wife of former Pakistani politician and Rehabilitation Minister, Sardar Amir Azam, the sponsor of the Sardar Amir Azam Khan Gold Medal in the University of Karachi and the initiator and benefactor of the Sardar Amir Azam Memorial Society.
Biography
Mrs Farida Azam was the daughter of Abid Hussain khan of Moradabad, an overseer in the Officer’s Mess at Karachi, Pakistan, and Zubaida begum daughter of a native land owner in Bachhraon, Uttar Pradesh, India. Farida was earlier schooled in Moradabad but also visited Bachhraon as her maternal's lived there, and her elder sister Shah Jahan was married to a native inhabitant. However later after Independence Farida moved to Karachi, Pakistan along with her family elders in 1950 and continued her education in Karachi. After the partition she lived on Britto Road, Gurumandar, and her father worked as an overseer in officers mess just opposite to the Karachi Zoological Garden.
She was married to the Pakistani Rehabilitation Minister Sardar Amir Azam in 1956 and accompanied her husband on some official visits to some foreign countries in the 1950s. She later moved to her own house on Sir Syed Road, P.E.C.H.S., Karachi in 1962. She had six children namely Farid, Munir, Murad, Mansoor, Waqar and Atiq. She remained associated with educational institution for children as its benefactor and social work. She appeared on media in some of the Pakistani dailies and weeklies. She also remained attached to a construction and housing firm Al Azam.Mrs Azam Visited some neighboring countries during the 70's. And during the same era she formed a Memorial Society. She sponsored a Gold Medal in the University of Karachi in 1977. She participated as an organizer in the 1979-80's Pakistani elections from her own area. She remained associated with a London-based Pakistani weekly known as Aiena-e-Jahan. She also commenced an occasional get-together for the students to compliment them.
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