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Born: 1931, Gujrat, Pakistan Died: July 1, 2002, Lahore, Pakistan Partner(s): General Yahya Khan (Military ruler of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971) Children: Aroosa Alam Grandchild: Fakhar-e-Alam Aqleem Akhtar, aka General Rani, one of the most powerful women of Pakistan! Akleem Akhtar, otherwise known as Aqleem Akhtar, General Rani or Ra’annie Yahya Kahn (died 2002), was a Pakistani power broker, brothel owner, and close to General Yahya Khan during his reign (1969–71). Akhtar was born in Gujrat in Punjab, Pakistan in 1931 or 1932. She married a boy known as Moiz je, inhabitant of North Karachi (sector 11-L), much older than herself. When on holiday in Murree, Akhtar removed her naqab in defiance of her husband and told him she was going to live her own life. The dramatic conclusion of Akhtar’s marriage was a turning point in her life. In a May 2002 interview with Newsline, Akhtar stated: “I was determined to beat men at their own game. Since my husband was in the police, I had been observing men in positions of power throughout my married life and I had realised that all men in positions of power needed a vent and the vent they require the most is a bedmate provided through a reliable agency. The higher a man’s position, the greater his demand.” Thus Akhtar adopted a motto of ‘miyan ki juti miyan ke sir’ which means to ‘beat men at their own game’ and started a prostitution business. Akhtar had not acquired formal skills or qualifications to support an independent career but she had come to know many rich and powerful men through frequenting clubs with her former husband. She met General Yahya Kan via these means and a relationship between them developed. Due to Akhtar’s close association with Yahya Khan and power she exercised due to the connection she was known as General Rani (General’s Queen). She is said to have lovingly called Yahya Kahn Agha Jan. Akhtar held no official position, but she was given “full protocol”. She denied she was Yahya Khan’s “mistress” and claimed that they were merely friends. Akhtar ran a brothel which, among other powerful men in Pakistan, catered to Yahya Khan. Akhtar and her husband had six children together in Akhtar’s early years. Akhtar is the grandmother of leading pop star Fakhre Alam. A maternal niece of hers, Naureen, was the mother of singer Adnan Sami. In May 2002, Pakistani media reported that Akhtar was suffering from breast cancer that has metastasised in her liver and kidney. Akhtar died of cancer on 1 July 2002, aged 73 (approx), at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Lahore.
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Akleem Akhtar was born in Gujrat in Punjab, British India in 1931 or 1932 in a conservative middle-class family. In her childhood, she had a reputation of being a tomboy, fond of outdoor sports. She did not complete her 10th grade (matric) examination but came across as intelligent. She was married off by her parents to a Police Officer “Moiz Jee”, inhabitant of North Karachi (sector 11-L), much older than herself (twice her age). She was never happy in that marriage, but Akhtar played well the role of a good wife for many years bearing six children with this husband and never left the house without a ‘burqa’ (covering herself with a face veil and abaya). Until one day in 1963, when on holiday in the cool hills of Murree, Akhtar rebelled against her husband and removed her ‘naqab’ (face veil) in defiance of her husband’s wishes and told him she was going to live her own life. The marriage ended in a divorce in a dramatic way, where Akhtar also took the couple’s six children with her. She sought her parents’ help but they insisted that they would only help her if she got back with her husband. In desperation, she started to plan to get close to powerful, rich men. The dramatic collapse of Akhtar’s marriage was a turning point in her life. In a May 2002 interview with Newsline (magazine), Akhtar stated: “I was determined to beat men at their own game. Since my husband was in the police, I had been observing men in positions of power throughout my married life and I had realised that all men in positions of power needed a vent and the vent they require the most is a bedmate provided through a reliable agency. The higher a man’s position, the greater his demand.” Thus Akhtar adopted a motto of ‘miyan ki juti miyan ke sar’ which means to ‘beat men at their own game’ and started her own prostitution business where she provided girls to men in need. Akhtar had not acquired formal skills or qualifications to support an independent career but she had come to know many rich and powerful men through frequenting clubs with her former husband. She met General Yahya Khan via these means and a relationship between them developed.
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