Akleem Akhtar was born in Gujrat in Punjab, British India in 1931 or 1932 in a conservative middle-class family. In her childhood, she had a reputation of being a tomboy, fond of outdoor sports. She did not complete her 10th grade (matric) examination but came across as intelligent.She was married off by her parents to a Police Officer "Moiz Jee", inhabitant of North Karachi (sector 11-L), much older than herself (twice her age). She was never happy in that marriage, but Akhtar played well the role of a good wife for many years bearing six children with this husband and never left the house without a 'burqa' (covering herself with a face veil and abaya). Until one day in 1963, when on holiday in the cool hills of Murree, Akhtar rebelled against her husband and removed her 'naqab' (face veil) in defiance of her husband's wishes and told him she was going to live her own life. The marriage ended in a divorce in a dramatic way, where Akhtar also took the coup...
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