Riffat Akbar Swati

Riffat Akbar Swati is a member of the provincial assembly from Mansehra District, North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Riffat Akbar Swati was born to a well-known Swati family of Manshera, widely respected for its social and political service in the area.

She has a reputation as a courageous, bold and outspoken woman, a symbol of struggle for women's rights not only in the North-West Frontier Province but across Pakistan. She has promoted the Hindko language, publishing many books in Hindko, and has been honoured with a title of “Madre Hindko”.