AN INSPIRING STORY OF MUNIBA MAZARI ,IT WILL INSPIRE YOU, AN INSPIRATION FOR US ALL

 

Born 

3 March 1987 (age 34)

Rahim Yar Khan

Nationality Pakistani

Occupation Artist, activist, motivational speaker, singer and model

Children 1

Website www.munibamazari.com

Muniba Mazari Baloch (Urdu: منیبہ مزاری; born 3 March 1987, also known as the Iron Lady of Pakistan) is a Pakistani activist, anchor artist, model, singer and motivational speaker. She became the National Ambassador for UN Women Pakistan after being shortlisted in the 100 Inspirational Women of 2015 by BBC. She also made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for 2016.

Muniba Baloch is also Pakistan’s first model and anchor who uses a wheelchair. She uses a wheelchair due to injuries sustained in a car accident at the age of 21. She appeared as a host on Hum News’s social show Main Nahi Hum.

Personal life

Muniba Mazari is from a Baloch background, belonging to the tribe of Mazari. She was born in Rahim Yar Khan which is in southern Punjab on 3 March 1987. Muniba went to the Army Public School, and later attended college in her native home town for a BFA.At the age of 18, before she could complete her studies, she was married. In 2008, she was involved in an accident, which left her paraplegic.

Accident and Recovery

On 27 February 2008, Muniba and her husband were travelling from Quetta to Rahim Yar Khan. Their car met with an accident, in which she sustained several major injuries, including broken bones in her arm (both radius and ulna), rib-cage, shoulder blade, collarbone and spine. Her lungs and liver were also deeply cut. Moreover, her entire lower body was left paralysed. She was taken to a nearby hospital, which was ill-equipped to deal with such a severe case. She was then moved to a hospital in Rahim Yar Khan, and eventually, she was admitted to the Agha Khan Hospital, Karachi.Post-surgery, she was left bed-ridden for two years. Physiotherapy started, which helped her recover enough to use a wheelchair.After treatment for her injuries, Muniba moved to Rawalpindi. In 2011, four years after the accident, Muniba adopted her son, Nael.

 

Motivational Speaker

She has participated as a motivational speaker on various fronts, with her first break being TED Talks, Islamabad. Some of her notable works as a speaker include:

Entrepreneurs’ Organization Network, Pakistan

Motivational speech at Army Public School, Peshawar and Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar. She also sang Ye Watan Tumhara Hai by Mehdi Hassan

Leader’s Summit

Motivational speech at Bank Alfalah Training Centre, Lahore

Invited as a guest to Women Entrepreneurship Day at the National University of Science and Technology Business School

Talked about social entrepreneurship at the Youth Alumni Reunion 2014

Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO)

VCon Malaysia

Vcon Dubai

 

 

Awards and honors

100 Inspirational Women of 2015 (BBC)

500 most influential Muslims of the world

First Pakistani UN GoodWill Ambassador for UN Women

Forbes 30 Under 30 – 2016

The Karic Brothers Awards 2017 in Serbia by The Karic Foundation