[3] She was one of the leading women politicians and nationwide respected female personalities witnessed key major events in Pakistan.

[1] Rana Liaqat Ali khan as First Lady of Pakistan, she launched programs for woman's development in the newly founded country.

[4] Zulfikar Ali Bhutto led the appointment of Ra'ana as the Governor of Sindh Province, and she took the oath on 15 February 1973.

[4] Ra'ana went on to work and dedicated her life for the social and economic benefit of women of Pakistan till her death in 1990.

[1] She died in 1990 due to cardiac arrest and was buried in Karachi, with full state and military honours given to her in her funeral.

[5][3][6] She attended the University of Lucknow, where in 1927 she was awarded a BA degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Theology in Religious Studies.

[3] She was appointed as Professor of Economics at Indraprastha College, Delhi, in 1931 and met Liaqat Ali Khan in the same year when he visited to deliver a lecture on law.

At this time, she converted to Islam and took the name Begum Ra'ana (Gul-i-Rana) Liaqat Ali Khan.

During this time, Ra'ana became an executive member of Jinnah's Working Committee and served there as economical adviser.

[3] While a Professor of Economics, Ra'ana intensely mobilised students from her college and went to the Legislative Assembly to hear her husband's debate carrying placards of "Simon Go Home".

[3] Jinnah returned to India, and Ra'ana was appointed as an executive member of the Muslim League and the Chairperson of the Economic Division of the Party.

[3] In 1942, when it became apparent that Imperial Japan was near attacking India, Jinnah summoned Ra'ana and said to her "Be prepared to train the women.

[9] To undertake this task, Ra'ana organised Muslim women in the same year, when she formed a small volunteer medical corps for nursing and first aid in Delhi.

[3] After the assassination of her husband Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, Begum Ra'ana continued her services for the social and economic benefit of women of Pakistan till her death in 1990.

[3] In 1947, as the refugees poured in from across the border, amidst the most pitiable of conditions with cholera, diarrhoea and smallpox being common sights everywhere, she called upon women to come forward and collect food and medical supplies from government offices.

[3] During this point in Pakistan's history there weren't many nurses in Karachi, so Begum Liaquat asked the army to train women to give injections and first aid.

[10][1] For her immense services to the military as a civilian, the Pakistan Army notably appointed her as the first woman Brigadier, and an honorary uniform was issued especially for her.

Following her departure, the Pakistan Women National Guard was soon disbanded due to financial distress and the government's apathy.