Jennifer Musa

Jennifer Musa
Born Bridget Wren (birthname)
11 November 1917
Tarmons, County Kerry, Ireland
Died 13 January 2008 (aged 90)
Balochistan, Pakistan

Jennifer Musa (11 November 1917 – 13 January 2008) was an Irish-born nurse, Baloch nationalist, tribal leader and Pakistani politician,[1] often nicknamed the "Queen of Baluchistan".[1][2]

Jennifer Musa was born Bridget Wren at Tarmons, County Kerry in 1917. She left Ireland to train as a nurse. In 1939 she met prominent Baloch politician Qasi Musa, brother of Qasi Isa, a prominent activist in the Pakistan Movement while studying at Oxford.[1] Qasi Musa was the eldest son of the Prime Minister to the Khan of Kalat. Jennifer Musa took the name Jehan Zeba and married Qasi the following year.

After his sudden death in a car accident in 1956, Jennifer Musa decided to settle permanently in her husband's home town of Pishin. She joined the National Awami Party and was elected to Pakistan's first Parliament in 1970. During that time she often clashed with the Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.[3]

Children

She had five children: four sons and one daughter. Her son Ashraf Jehangir Qazi is a senior Pakistani diplomat.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jennifer Musa: Irish nurse who became head of a tribe in Baluchistan and dedicated her life to its interests". telegraph.co.uk. 18 January 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/01/18/db1801.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  2. ^ "'Queen of Balochistan' passes away.". The Nation. Nawa-e-Waqt group. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20080116091432/http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/jan-2008/13/index5.php. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  3. ^ Danny Kemp (December 2006). "Queen of Balochistan". thingsasian.com. http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/20733. Retrieved 2008-01-18.