Professional Journey of Pakistani Women through Print Media (1950- 1970)

Abstract

This study investigates the professional journey of Pakistani women through print media from 1950 to 1970, and tried to explore its social and political effect on Pakistani society. It was not easy for Pakistani women to overcome male dominance and lifted themselves in a socio and economic sphere of their lives. In initial years of Pakistan’s creation, women got representation in print media. Women magazines played stepping stones role in visual representation of women. Magazines, newspapers, periodicals are used to highlight the voices of women during these two decades. This paper is explanatory in nature with analysis method is used. This investigation concludes that progress was slow in that era of journalism but it laid the foundation for future progress in women’s illustration of professional lives in Pakistan.