Full Name Hina Khan Citizenship Pakistani Religion Muslim | Nationality Pakistani Occupation Student Name Hina Khan | |
Hina Khan is a 17-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl from the Swat District, Pakistan. She has been campaigning for women's right to education since she was 13, and has been threatened by Islamist extremists because of her activism. She and her family moved to Islamabad in 2008 for safety reasons, but continue to receive threats there.
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Personal life
Khan was born into a Pashtun family in Swat, Pakistan. In 2008 she with her family moved to Islamabad for safety reasons.
Career
Khan is a school student and education activist from the Swat District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She is known for her education and women's rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban has at times banned girls from attending school. She has been campaigning for women's right to education since she was 13, and has been threatened by Islamist extremists because of her activism. She and her family moved to Islamabad in 2008 for safety reasons, but continue to receive threats there.