TWO PIONEERS FROM TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

This is a picture of Begum Rana Liaqat Ali Khan and Walt Disney from 1950 in Washington DC when she accompanied her husband Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to an official visit to USA on the invitation of President Harry Truman.

Walt Disney who created DisneyLand and Disney World ......a place where dreams come to life,where elephants fly,spaceships travel to other planets and where prince and princess greet everyone.He co founded the Walt Disney Productions which later became Walt Disney Company and is one of the largest production companies in the world.He was an innovator in animation who started the comic character of "Mickey Mouse"and years later this mouse transformed our world when Disney opened theme parks around the world.These theme parks present characters and rides based of various Disney Movies and Cartoons,every year millions of people visit Disney Theme Parks.

Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was the wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan .She worked from the platform of Muslim League ,she was a leading figure in the Pakistan Movement.After independence of Pakistan she became a prominent stateswomen.She started APWA the All Pakistan Women Association which is a non profit organization,it helped in the social and educational upliftment of Pakistani women.This organization provided small loans to women to start 'Cottage Industries' in their villages or towns.She opened Home Economics Colleges in Karachi and Lahore.She helped Pakistan Army to launch the Army Medical Corps which recruited large number of women as army nurses.She was appointed the Chancellor of Karachi University and later on Governor of Sindh.Begum Rana also served as Pakistani Ambassador to Tunisia,Italy and Holland.She was the first women to represent Pakistan in the United Nations ,she was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Award in 1978.