8 Pakistani Women you should be proud of this Women’s day

5- Naseem Hameed

When Naseem Hameed was crowned the fastest woman in South Asia in the SAF Games in 2010, no one seemed to have heard of her. The 22-year-old covered the distance of 100m in just 11.81 seconds to win the gold medal at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Karachi girl’s journey from obscurity to fame started in school and by the time she reached collage, her interest and abilities in athletics grew. So far she had only depended on her hard work, determination and talent to grow as an athlete for she could not afford proper coaching or kit. Finally Naseem was spotted by Army coaches during a college event and they granted her the permission to use the Army ground to practice running.

6- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Journalist, activist and filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has made us proud by bringing home two Oscars for Pakistan. Sharmeen’s documentaries Saving Face (2012) about acid-attack survivors, and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) about honour killings, both controversial topics, won her the Oscars in the category of Best Documentary — Short Subject
And besides that Sharmeen has also bagged two Emmy Awards — an International Emmy Award for 2010 Current Affairs documentary Pakistan’s Taliban Generation and Saving Face. She was named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for 2012. She also received the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2012.

7- Samina Baig

Samina Khayal Baig is the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest. She is also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Everest, having done so at the age of 21. Samina is also the first Pakistani woman and the first Muslim to climb the seven summits.

8- Namira Salim

The Karachi-born Namira Salim, who has mainly lived first in the UAE and then in Monaco, is an adventurer, professional astronaut, artist and, in her own words, “a truly global citizen.”
In April 2007 she became the first Pakistani to reach the North Pole. A few months later in January 2008, she was the first Pakistani to reach the South Pole, making her not just the first Pakistani woman, but the first Pakistani to reach both the Poles. She hoisted Pakistan’s flag at both the Poles
Her adventures continued as she became the first Pakistani and first Asian to skydive over Mount Everest in 2008 during the First Everest Skydives.
She received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2011 and the same year Namira became the First Honorary Consul of Pakistan to the Principality of Monaco. She holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University.

The names that appear are not the only ones that deserve a mention, those that have been left out due to space constraint are just as worthy of our admiration and pride. In fact, all women of Pakistan and the world over deserve more than a day in recognition of their contribution to making this world a better place.