Jennifer Musa
Politician, Deceased Person
1917 – 2008
Who was Jennifer Musa?
Jennifer Musa was an Irish-born nurse, second wife of Qazi Musa,is often nicknamed the "Queen of Baluchistan"
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 politician Qazi Musa, brother of Qazi Muhammad Essa, a prominent activist in the Pakistan Movement while studying at Oxford.Qazi Musa was the eldest son of the Prime Minister of present day Kalat District. Jennifer Musa took the name Jehan Zeba and married Qazi 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.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1917
Tarmon - Also known as
- Муса, Дженнифер
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Profession
- Lived in
- County Kerry
- Died
- Jan 13, 2008
Balochistan, Pakistan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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