Farida SiddiquiFarida Ahmed Siddiqui was a Pakistani religious scholar and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.BackgroundSiddiqui was born in Meerut, India. She received a post-graduate degree from the University of Karachi in 1958. She was the younger sister of Shah Ahmad Noorani.CareerSiddiqui was the Founder President of the Women Islamic Mission, and a member of the Anjuman-e-Tableegh-e-Islam and Islamic Mission Welfare. She was the author of several religious books. She was a former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and she was also the only serving woman in the Council of Islamic Ideology before her death.DeathShe died in Karachi at a private hospital after a long illness at the age of 76 in August 2013. She left behind two sons and a daughter.