Kulsoom Nawaz
{{short description|Pakistani politician (1950–2018)}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Begum
| name = Kulsoom Nawaz
| image = Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif - White House - 2013 (cropped 2).jpg
| caption = Nawaz at the White House in 2013
| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start = 2017
| term_end = 31 May 2018
| predecessor = Nawaz Sharif
| constituency = NA-130 Lahore-XIV
| successor = Waheed Alam Khan
| office1 = President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| term_start1 = 12 October 1999
| term_end1 = 10 October 2002
| predecessor1 = Nawaz Sharif
| successor1 = Javed Hashmi
| birthname = Kulsoom Rehana Butt
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1948|3|29}}
| birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|9|11|1948|3|29}}
| death_place = London, England, United Kingdom
| party = Pakistan Muslim League (N)
| spouse = {{marriage|Nawaz Sharif|1970}}
| relatives = Sharif family
| children = 4, including Maryam Nawaz
| alma_mater = Islamia College Lahore
Forman Christian College
}}
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif (Punjabi, {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| كلثوم نواز }}}}; née Butt; 29 March 1948 – 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three times during the governments of Nawaz Sharif. She was the President of Pakistan Muslim League from 1999 to 2002.
Early and personal life
Kulsoom Nawaz was born on 29 March 1948{{cite news |title=خاص رپورٹ – کلثوم نواز وزارت عظمیٰ کی مضبوط امیدوار – Latest News {{!}} Daily Jang |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/353800-journey-of-life-kalsoom-nawaz-nawaz-sharifs-wife |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=Jang |date=11 September 2018}}{{cite news| title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Journey From Housewife To Politics | publisher=AbbTakk| date=11 September 2018 | url=https://abbtakk.tv/en/begum-kulsoom-nawazs-journey-from-housewife-to-politics/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206091632/https://abbtakk.tv/en/begum-kulsoom-nawazs-journey-from-housewife-to-politics/ | archive-date=6 February 2023 | url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the woman behind a three-time premier |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/09/begum-kulsoom-nawaz-the-woman-behind-a-three-time-premier/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |publisher=Samaa TV |date=11 September 2018}} in Lahore into the Punjabi Kashmiri family, to Mohammed Hafiz Butt.{{cite news |title=بیگم کلثوم نواز انتقال کرگئیں – ایکسپریس اردو |url=https://www.express.pk/story/1330456/1/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=ایکسپریس اردو |date=11 September 2018}}{{cite news|title=Kulsoom Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif: The Possible Successors of Nawaz Sharif|url=http://www.news18.com/news/world/kulsoom-nawaz-and-shehbaz-sharif-the-possible-successors-of-nawaz-sharif-1476771.html|access-date=17 September 2017|work=News18|date=29 July 2017}} Her father was a doctor who ran his own clinic.{{Cite web |last=Riaz |first=Raja |date=13 September 2018 |title=Kulsoom Nawaz was tuned to the finer sensibilities of life |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1371511/session_trace/aggregate |access-date=10 June 2023 |website=Arab News}} According to other sources, she was born on 22 March 1948.{{cite news |title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz: Life in focus |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1800711/1-begum-kulsoom-nawaz-end-era/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=11 September 2018}}
She attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore. She received a master's degree in Urdu from the University of the Punjab in 1970.{{cite news|title=Don't be fooled, Kulsoom Nawaz is the prime minister in waiting|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/154024-dont-be-fooled-kulsoom-nawaz-is-the-prime-minister-in-waiting|access-date=17 August 2017|work=geo.tv}}{{cite news|title=Iron ladies in the race|url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/iron-ladies-race/|access-date=17 September 2017|work=TNS – The News on Sunday|date=20 August 2017|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820031954/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/iron-ladies-race/|url-status=dead}}
During her student days she was known for her left-leaning politics, being an admirer of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, while her thesis Study of Cultural Awareness in Rajab Ali Baig Saroor’s Era was published in a book form in 1985.
Kulsoom had two sisters and a brother.{{cite web|url=http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/26-May-2013/kalsoom-others-move-court-for-succession-certificate|title=Kalsoom, others move court for succession certificate|date=26 May 2013|first=Fida|last=Hussain|work=The Nation|access-date=4 October 2014}} From her maternal side, she was the maternal granddaughter of the wrestler The Great Gama.{{cite news |last1=Jajja |first1=Sumaira |title=WRESTLING: The Warrior's Soul |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1324342 |access-date=31 July 2018 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=2 April 2017}} She married Nawaz Sharif, the three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, in April 1970. The couple have four children: Maryam, Asma, Hassan and Hussain.
Career
=Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan=
Kulsoom became the first lady of Pakistan for the first time after her husband, Nawaz Sharif, became Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990 when his party, Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, won 104 of 207 seats contested in the 1990 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|last1=Report|first1=Dawn|title=In pictures: The rise and fall of Nawaz Sharif|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1348024|access-date=18 September 2017|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=27 July 2017}} His first term as prime minister ended in July 1993.{{cite news|title=Nawaz Sharif|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/799754|access-date=18 September 2017|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=2 April 2013}}
She became first lady of Pakistan for the second time after Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan when his party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), won the 1997 Pakistani general election. His second term as prime minister was ended when then Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup d'état against him on 12 October 1999. Kulsoom was arrested by the Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police and immediately shifted to her local residence. According to her daughter, Maryam Nawaz, Kulsoom "dauntlessly challenged the usurper when a lot of men backed out". Nawaz Sharif named his wife as the President of Pakistan Muslim League in 1999.
In 2000, she led a public rally from Lahore to Peshawar to gather the public support for the PML-N. Soon after leaving her residence, her car was surrounded by the police and she was detained.{{cite news |title=Sharif's wife towed away in Pakistan police raids |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1347633/Sharifs-wife-towed-away-in-Pakistan-police-raids.html |access-date=11 September 2018 |date=8 July 2000}}
File:Poetry recital in honour of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif.jpg and Dr. Jill Biden host a poetry recital in the honour of Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif on 23 October 2013]]
She remained president of the PML-N until 2002. She became the first lady of Pakistan for the third time after Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan when his party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), won the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|last1=Raza|first1=Dawn.com|title=Live from Parliament: Nawaz elected PM with 244 votes|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1016254|access-date=18 September 2017|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=5 June 2013}}
=Political career=
Kulsoom was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time from NA-120 (Lahore-III) as a candidate of PML (N) in by-polls held in September 2017.{{cite news|title=NA-120 by-polls: Unofficial results show Kulsoom Nawaz in the lead|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1358275/na-120-by-polls-unofficial-results-show-kulsoom-nawaz-in-the-lead|access-date=17 September 2017|work=Dawn|location=Pakistan|date=17 September 2017}} She secured 59,413 votes and defeated Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The NA-120 seat fell vacant after her husband, Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panama Papers case.{{cite news|title=Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom wins Lahore by-election|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nawaz-sharifs-wife-begum-kulsoom-wins-lahore-by-election/article19707216.ece|access-date=18 September 2017|work=The Hindu|date=18 September 2017}}
She was unable to take oath as member of the National Assembly due to her illness.{{cite news |title=Nawaz's wife dies in London |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/nawaz-s-wife-dies-in-london-118091100656_1.html |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=Business Standard India |date=11 September 2018}} She was known for maintaining a low profile.{{cite news |title=Kulsoom Nawaz: The silent partner |url=https://herald.dawn.com/news/1398618 |access-date= 8 August 2018 |work=Herald Magazine |date=8 August 2018}}
Death and funeral
Nawaz was diagnosed with lymphoma in August 2017 and received treatment in London.{{cite news |title=My mother's diagnosed with lymphoma, tweets Maryam Nawaz |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1489149/kulsoom-nawaz-suffering-blood-cancer-confirm-uk-doctors/ |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=23 August 2017}} She underwent several sessions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy during her illness.{{cite news |title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passes away in London |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/367124-begum-kulssom-nawaz-passes-away |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=The News |date=11 September 2018 }}
In June 2018, Nawaz suffered cardiac arrest and was placed on a ventilator.{{cite news |title=Hussain Nawaz denies Kulsoom Nawaz's death |url=https://nation.com.pk/23-Jun-2018/hussain-nawaz-denies-kulsoom-nawazs-death |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=The Nation |date=23 June 2018}} On 10 September 2018, she was again hospitalised, and died on 11 September 2018 at the age of 70 in London while both her husband and daughter Maryam were serving jail terms in Pakistan;{{cite news |title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passes away in London after battle with cancer |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1414337/begum-kulsoom-nawaz-passes-away-in-london-after-battle-with-cancer |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=Dawn|location=Pakistan |date=11 September 2018}} they were granted timed-parole to attend her funeral.{{cite news|title=Begum Kulsoom dies; Nawaz Sharif, Maryam to get parole for funeral|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/begum-kulsoom-dies-nawaz-sharif-maryam-to-get-parole-for-funeral|work=Khaleej Times|date=11 September 2018}}
On 13 September 2018, a funeral prayer for Nawaz was held in London Central Mosque, after which her body was flown to Lahore.{{cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Sajid |title=Community says farewell to Kulsoom in London funeral |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1432870/community-says-farewell-to-kulsoom-in-london-funeral |work=Dawn |date=14 September 2018}} On 14 September 2018, in Lahore, a funeral prayer led by Maulana Tariq Jameel was offered at Sharif Medical City, and she was buried in Jati Umra.{{cite news |title=Kulsoom Nawaz laid to rest at Jati Umra in Lahore |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1432682/kulsoom-nawaz-laid-to-rest-at-jati-umra-in-lahore |work=Dawn |date=13 September 2018}}
Books
- Study of Cultural Awareness in Rajab Ali Baig Saroor’s Era, Sang-e-Meel, 1985.
- Jabar Aur Jamhuriat [Repression and Democracy], Sagar Publisher, 2007.{{Cite web |last=Liuhto |first=Maija |last2=Khorsandi |first2=Peyvand |date=13 June 2019 |title=Kulsoom Nawaz: first lady who navigated Pakistan's political dramas with three-times PM Nawaz Sharif |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kulsoom-nawaz-died-pakisitan-first-lady-nawaz-sharif-wife-maryam-nawaz-a8563001.html |access-date=10 June 2023 |website=The Independent |quote=In 2007, she published a book, Jabar Aur Jomhuriyat (Repression and Democracy).}}
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