Begum Viqar-un-Nisa, Lady Noon (nee Victoria, 1920–2000) was the wife of the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan, Feroz Khan Noon. By profession, Viqar Noon was a social worker. She was an Austrian by birth and origin, and was born as Victoria in July 1920. She married Sir Feroz Khan Noon in 1945.[1] She participated in the Pakistan Movement.[2]
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After her marriage she converted to Islam, and renamed herself from Victoria to Viqar un Nisa. The Noons left Delhi the same year after Sir Noon resigned from the Indian Viceroy's cabinet, and moved to Lahore.[2] Lady Noon had firsthand exposure to Pakistan politics, and involved herself with local politics, becoming a member of the Punjab Provincial Women's Subcommittee, organizing rallies and processions for the Muslim League. During the Civil Disobedience Movement in Punjab, Lady Noon helped organize protests and demonstrations against the British-backed Khizar's cabinet, being arrested three times.[2]
Following the partition of Pakistan and the mass transfer of people across the border, she engaged in ameliorating the refugee crisis, lending assistance to various refugee camps and committees.[2] She was involved with the Red Cross and engaged herself in local social work. She helped found Viqar un Nisa College for Women, Rawalpindi, Pakistan[2] and the Viqarunnisa Noon School, a famous school for girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Her husband Sir Noon later became the first Governor of East Pakistan and ultimately the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1957.
Lady Noon died on 16 January 2000 in Islamabad after prolonged illness.[2]