Tahira Abdullah (Urdu: ֍ÃÂñàùèïçÃÂÃÂÃÂ, Born: c, 1953 - ) is a Pakistani human rights activist, women's rights activist, social scientist and supporter of gender equality. She is based in Islamabad.
In 2009, Abdullah was arrested in Islamabad during her participation in the movement for the restoration of an independent Judiciary.
Abdullah works on a voluntary basis for numerous trusts, civil society organisations, non-profits, policy groups, and academic bodies. She is a strong supporter of extremism-free education and easy access for women from rural areas. As a strong supporter of women's rights she always raise her voice against all kinds of gender violence. Topics on which she has spoken included âÂÂopening up spaces for human rights defendersâÂÂ, in response to the murder of Rashid Rehman (lawyer for Junaid Hafeez) in 2014.
In 2014àshe opposed the actions of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in closing down a private TV station for a fortnight for allegedly broadcasting blasphemous content; Abdullah's view was that âÂÂthis is not the answerâÂÂ. In response to the Kasur child sexual abuse scandal she commented that âÂÂOne child missing is one child too manyâÂÂ.