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Shahtaj Qizilbash was a women's right advocate in Pakistan. Shahtaj Qizilbash was founder member of Women's Action Forum.
Shahtaj Qizilbash belonged to noble Qizilbash family of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She got her early education from Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore. Shahtaj Qizilbash spent a lot of time with her uncle Nawab Muzaffar Ali Qizilbash, who was Pakistan's ambassador to France and later Finance Minister of Pakistan. When she returned to Pakistan from England in 1983, she found the atmosphere charged with women on the roads, particularly against the discriminatory laws introduced by President Zia ul Haq. Shahtaj Qizilbash was active member of the Women's Action Forum (WAF). When Asma Jahangir, Gul Rukh, Hina Jilani and Shela established an all women's law firm (the AGHS), she joined them and took the task of paralegal training.