Dr. Sarwar (1929-2009): A Daughter Remembers

Beena Sarwar She is not the grave-visiting sort. A white-haired dynamo with luminous eyes, she pioneered teacher training and teaching English in Pakistan (as a second language in large classrooms with limited resources). The activism inculcated in her native Pratapgarh in UP, India, remained with her after the migration to Pakistan in the late 1950s, later nurtured and encouraged by the life partner she found. Zakia met Sarwar after moving from Lahore to Karachi in 1961. The unc