Fatima Mujib Bilqees

Fatima Mujib Bilqees was a Pakistani scientist, specialised in parasitology, particularly helminthology.

Early life Bilqees was born on February 10, 1936.

She was also a member of various academic societies such as Helminthological Society of Washington and Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World. She also served as 'Vice-President (South)' in Zoological society of Pakistan.

Personal life Bilqees had two daughters.

She died on February 7, 2016, at the age of 79.

Legacy Almost 1000 worms have been discovered by her and 40 new species have been named after her. She also has a place on wall of doctoral faculty in many universities because she supervised doctoral research programs in many including University of Baluchistan, Jinnah University for Women, Federal Urdu University and Sindh University.

Awards Bilqees won the following major awards for her academic work:

Life Time Achievement Award by Zoological Society of Pakistan in recognition of her life long research contributions in the field of Parasitology Shield for Scientific Contribution in Plant Nematology by Karachi University Nishan-e-Azmat-e-Ilm by Karachi University Gold medal from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in recognition of her research contributions in Zoology Women scientist award from the President of Pakistan.