Zubeida Mustafa (Urdu: زبیدہ مصطفی‎; 1941 – 9 July 2025) was a Pakistani freelance journalist who became one of the first women to work in the country's mainstream media, when she joined the Dawn newspaper in 1975. == Early life == Born in British India, Mustafa moved to Pakistan with her family after the independence of Pakistan. She was married and had two daughters. == Education == Mustafa completed her BA and then her MA in International Relations at the University of Karachi. She also s…