LAHORE: US multinational technology company and search engine, Google, has paid tribute to well-known social activist Perween Rahman through a doodle on her 65th birthday. Google, which specializes in Internet-related services and products including online advertising technologies and a search engine, has named today’s doodle after Pakistani social worker, architect, and urban planner, Perween Rahman. Rahman dedicated her life to improving the lives of the weak. Perween Rahman was born on January 22, 1957, in Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). After the partition of Pakistan in 1971, she moved to Karachi with her family. Rahman was a Pakistani social worker and director of the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute. Victims of Indian abuses: Mushaal, daughter ready to testify before Stoke White Rahman studied architecture and then moved to the IHS (Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies), Erasmus University Rotterdam to pursue a master’s degree in housing, construction, and urban planning. Her personal experiences with being homeless moved her to campaign for home security, and she began working with the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) in 1982 as an unpaid intern. Rahman was named head of the OPP’s housing and sanitation program for its commitment to … Continue reading Google pays tribute to social activist Perween Rahman