By: Khadija Khan
While talking to Business Monitor, in an exclusive interview, she stated that she's been participated in the field of human rights and Women rights and she is one of the founder member of Women Action Forum which was founded in the early eighty during the period of General Zia ul Haq. In that period the military dictator introduced such laws, which discriminated against women.

Then women challenged and spoke against these laws that they are discriminatory. This was a time when the political activities were banned. In the same period women have initiated a movement namely Women Action Forum against these laws, and fortunately she was one them. In other words it was her first exposure to activism, additionally it was learning and training period foe her to understand feminism and the problems, issues and rights pertaining the women. She made herself an active member of an active group of women and stood firmly against the military dictatorship.

When it was asked to how she started this movement, she was of the firm opinions that the motivating factor was her mother in law, who actually used to prepare reports on women rights. Uzma Noorani, talking about services and facilities, she said that Panah accommodates women who are survivors of domestic violence, under threat to their safety as a result of exercising their choice in marriage or divorce, victims of sexual abuse, assault and exploitation and women seeking temporary refuge form from other social injustice. She added that Panah seeks to provide a safe and peaceful heaven for distressed women.

She verified that She was the president of an organization called the democratic women association and worked a lot there to highlight the rights of women from this forum. She further stated that she observed her mother in law hard working, her sincerity, devotion and attachment towards women rights. She encouraged me and motivated me to work hard. That's why, in 1999 I became the member of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She maintained that at initial level they had many hardships, hurdles like; baton charge, tearing gas by police because the movement and activism on the road but by the grace of Allah they survived themselves as a strong wall of bricks against these vocal laws.

While talking about the initiation of her she proved that it was the mid nineteen when Karachi was experiencing a lot of violence in the shape of curfews, target killings and other major changes. This instigated her from gross root level to come out and work hard while visiting effected families who had lost their family members. In this context she visited police stations and courts to highlights the rights of women. Secondly, she said "As you know the women rights has directly linked to political a right that's why we protest also for the restoration of democracy, judiciary and to have peace in the country". Additionally from this forum she helps those families, which can't send their kids to school that sort of work we are doing for four or five years.

Needless to say that being an active leader she maintained her link CPLC to overcome the causes of domestic violence as well. In her statement regarding the connection of her NGO to others she maintained that it was initially a forum of different NGOs but later on it became an organization. She was very jubilant over the so-called people elected Government but unwillingly termed it non-active regarding country's current situation. She further stated that no clear goal or vision has been settled so far because of poor governance in the country. While answering a question she said that Pakistan doesn't have poetical to become a civilized country.