Ten amazing women who are making Pakistan proud

Pakistan is set to announce its first ever National Women Empowerment Policy with 'Pledge For Parity' theme. Pakistan's move to accept the importance of female gender is not new. Fatima Jinnah, Benazir Bhutto and U.S. are the only countries that still refuse to have a woman as president.

Muniba Mazari is Pakistan’s only wheel chair-bound TV anchor. She has been in a wheelchair for seven years after a car accident left her with spinal cord injury in 2007 at the age of 21. Mazarri has earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine art and established her brand Muniba”s Canvas. In December 2015, the UN named her as Pakistan's first female Goodwill Ambassador.

Shazia Perveen is Pakistan's first firefighter. She joined Rescue 1122 in 2010 at the age of 25. Perven saved people's properties during fires.

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is a two-time Oscar winner for documentaries based on real stories from Pakistan. She got education from the United States but her soul remains stuck in Pakistan's crucial circumstances.

Malala Yousafzai was attacked on her way to school by Taliban militants. She has since moved to the UK with her family. Malala is a child rights activist and has helped establish schools in Pakistan.

Fiza Farhan is a Pakistani entrepreneur in the power sector. She is CEO of Buksh Foundation and director of the Buksh Energy. Fiza was also part of Forbes magazine's '30 under 30' list for Social Entrepreneurs in 2015.

Nergis Mavalvala is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist. She was part of a group of scientists which proved existence of gravitational waves for the first time in human history. Her family moved to the United States in 1980s.

Samina Baig is the first Pakistani woman and the Muslim to climb the seven summits. She started mountaineering with her brother when she was 15.

Zenith Irfan is the first Pakistani woman to complete a journey through the Kashmir belt via motorcycle. She was inspired by the dream of her deceased father who wanted to travel the world on a bike.

Twinkle Sohail is a professional powerlifter from Pakistan. She won the gold medal in the 2015 Asian Bench-Press Powerlifting Championship held in Muscat, Oman.

Namira Saleem is the first Pakistani to reach North and South Poles and the First Asian and first Pakistanan to skydive over Mount Everest. She is also going to be the the Pakistani who will travel into Space when the commercial space flight by Virgin Galactic takes off.