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Item Self-identity of career oriented Pakistani women(UMT, Lahore, 2016) Kashmala Amin KhanThis study explores the self-identity of career oriented women of Pakistan within its cultural context. Qualitative research design was employed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) to obtain data from a sample of five career oriented women of Pakistan between the ages of 40 to 55. The data was obtained in the form of narratives pertaining to these women’s work related professional and personal experiences and as story tellers of their lives the women were addressed as autobiographers instead of participants. The narrative analysis of all interviews from the autobiographers revealed significant themes and it was found that the self-identity of career oriented women could be categories into: i). Strong sense of empowerment, ii). Traditional (reserved) sense of empowerment and iii). Weak sense of empowerment.