What is Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan?
[[Image:BMSK 123.jpg|thumb|right|Begum Mahmooda Salim making a speech 1962]] '''Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan''' (May 1913 – June 2007) was an early pioneer woman social activist of [[Pakistan]], especially active in promoting women's rights and their access to better educational and health facilities. She briefly remained Pakistan's first woman cabinet minister during the General [[Ayub Khan]] regime, between 1962 and 1967,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://adaring.com/pakistans-first-women-top-10/ |title=Begum Mahmooda Salim and other top 10 women achievers in Pakistan |access-date=2014-09-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213651/http://adaring.com/pakistans-first-women-top-10/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> before quitting politics and returning full-time to public service. She died on 17 June 2007 aged 94 years. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Mahmooda Salim}} [[Category:1913 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:Women's rights activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]