Hamida Khuhro
{{Short description|Pakistani politician (1936–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hamida Khuhro
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Larkana, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|12|1936|8|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Karachi, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| alma_mater = SOAS, University of London
| relatives = Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (father)
}}
Hamida Khuhro (13 August 1936 – 12 February 2017){{cite news|title=Transitions: Hamida Khuhro, noted historian, passes away|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1324958/transitions-hamida-khuhro-noted-historian-passes-away/|access-date=10 March 2023|work=The Express Tribune|author=Hafeez Tunio|date=13 February 2017}} was a Pakistani politician and historian who twice served as Sindh's Minister for Education and also served as a professor of history at the University of Sindh.{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1324389/former-sindh-education-minister-dr-hamida-khuhro-dies/|title=Former Sindh education minister Dr Hamida Khuhro dies|date=2017-02-12|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=2023-03-10|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/185790-Former-education-minister-Hamida-Khuhro-passes-away|title=Former education minister Hamida Khuhro passes away|website=The News International (newspaper)|language=en|access-date=2023-03-10}}
Early life and education
Hamida Khuhro was born on 13 August 1936 at Larkana, Sindh, British India.
Khuhro was the daughter of Muhammad Ayub Khuhro, a former chief minister of Sindh. She had a PhD in South Asian History from the University of London{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsindhi.org/pastevents/biographies/hamidakhuhro.html |title=Conference 2003 |publisher=World Sindhi Institute website |access-date=10 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312134332/http://www.worldsindhi.org/pastevents/biographies/hamidakhuhro.html |archive-date=12 March 2012 }} and also attended the Universities of Karachi, Cambridge and Oxford.
Career
As an academic historian, Khuhro taught at Karachi and Oxford universities before becoming a professor at Sindh University.
In 1971, when military action was launched in East Pakistan, she was a student at Oxford University. She was one of the few Pakistanis who openly condemned it, saying: "I am ashamed to be a Pakistani." A section of the press in West Pakistan denounced her for condemning the military action. She left Sindh University to concentrate on politics and writing. She joined the 'Sindh National Alliance' in 1987 and in 1993 became a member of the Pakistan Muslim League. She had also served as Sindh's minister for education and literacy in 1990.
In 2002, she was again appointed as minister for education during Pervez Musharraf's regime.
Personal life
Death
Khuhro died in Karachi after a brief illness on 12 February 2017, aged 80.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/130807-Hamida-Khuhro-passes-away-in-Karachi|title=Hamida Khuhro passes away in Karachi|date=12 February 2017|website=Geo TV News website|language=en-US|access-date=2023-03-10}}
Books
- Sind Through the Centuries Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1994
- The Making of Modern Sindh: British Policy and Social Change in the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press 1999
- Khuhro, Hamida, Mohammed Ayub Khuhro: a life of courage in politics. Lahore: Ferozsons, 1998
- Karachi Megacity of Our Times. edited by Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj. Karachi: Oxford University Press 2010 (2nd edition)
- Documents of Separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency Vol-I, 1982, Islamabad: NIHCR
- Documents of Separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency Vol-II, 1997, Islamabad: NIHCR
See also
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Category:Alumni of the University of London
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Category:Pakistani women historians
Category:St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi alumni
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