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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Kalsoom Nawaz
| image = Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif - White House - 2013 (cropped 2).jpg
| order1 = [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Pakistan|Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
| term_start1 = 5 June 2013
| term_end1 = 28 July 2017
| predecessor1 = [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf#Personal life and education|Nusrat Pervaiz Asharaf]]
| successor1 = Samina Shahid Abbasi
| office2 =
| term_start2 = 17 February 1997
| term_end2 = 12 October 1999
| predecessor2 = [[Asif Ali Zardari]] ([[First Gentleman]])
| successor2 = [[Sehba Musharraf]]
| term_start3 = 6 November 1990
| term_end3 = 18 July 1993
| predecessor3 = [[Asif Ali Zardari]] ([[First Gentleman]])
| successor3 = [[Asif Ali Zardari]] ([[First Gentleman]])
| order4 = President of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| term_start4 = 12 October 1999
| term_end4 = 10 October 2002
| predecessor4 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| successor4 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1950|3|29}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[West Punjab|Punjab]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|9|11|1950|3|29}}
| death_place = London, England
| birthname = Kalsoom Rehana Butt
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Pakistan Muslim League]]
| net_worth =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Nawaz Sharif]]|1971}}<ref name="herald/8aug2018" />
| relations = [[Sharif family]]
| children = 4 including [[Maryam Nawaz Sharif|Maryam Nawaz]]
| alma_mater = [[Islamia College (Lahore)|Islamia College Lahore]] [[Forman Christian College University|Forman Christian University]]
}}

'''Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| بیگم كلثوم نواز شريف}}}}) (29 March 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who had been the first lady of [[Pakistan]] for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017. She was the President of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]] from 1999 to 2002.

==Early and personal life==
{{See also|Sharif family}}
Kulsoom was born on 29 March 1950<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Abb Takk |title=Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Journey from Housewife To Politics – Abb Takk News |url=https://abbtakk.tv/en/begum-kulsoom-nawazs-journey-from-housewife-to-politics/ |access-date=11 September 2018 |work=Abb Takk News |date=11 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> in [[Lahore]] into a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] family.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="news18/29july2017">{{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}}</ref> According to other sources, she was born on 22 March 1950 to Hafiz Butt.<ref name="tribune/11sept2018">{{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}}</ref>

She attended [[Islamia College (Lahore)|Islamia College]] and graduated from the [[Forman Christian College]] in Lahore.<ref name="tribune/11sept2018" /><ref name="news18/29july2017" /> She received a master's degree in [[Urdu]] from the [[University of the Punjab]] in 1970.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="tns/20aug2017">{{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}}</ref> She also received a PhD in philosophy.<ref name="tribune/11sept2018" />

Kulsoom had two sisters and a brother.<ref>{{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 (Pakistan)|The Nation]]|access-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> From her maternal side, she was the granddaughter of the wrestler [[The Great Gama]].<ref name="tns/20aug2017" /><ref>{{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}}</ref> She married [[Nawaz Sharif]], the three-time [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]], in April 1971.<ref name="news18/29july2017" /> The couple have four children: [[Maryam Nawaz|Maryam]], Asma, Hassan and Hussain.<ref name="news18/29july2017" />

==Career==

===Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan===
[[File:Poetry recital in honour of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif.jpg|thumb|First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden host a poetry recital in the honour of Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif on 23 October 2013]]
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]].<ref name="dawn/27july2017">{{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}}</ref> His first term as Prime Minister ended in July 1993.<ref name="dawn/2april2013">{{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}}</ref>

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]].<ref name="dawn/27july2017" /> His second term as Prime Minister was ended when then [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] General [[Pervez Musharraf]] led a [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|military coup d'état]] against him on 12 October 1999.<ref name="dawn/2april2013" /> Kulsoom was arrested by the Pakistan Army Corps of Military Police and immediately shifted to her local residence.<ref name="news18/29july2017" /> 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.<ref name="tns/20aug2017" /><ref name="news18/29july2017" />

In 2000, she led a public rally from Lahore to [[Peshawar]] to gather the public support for the PML-N.<ref name="herald/8aug2018" /> Soon after leaving her residence, her car was surrounded by the police and she was detained.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

She remained president of the PML-N until 2002.<ref name="herald/8aug2018" />

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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Political career===
Kulsoom was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] for the first time from [[Constituency NA-120|NA-120 (Lahore-III)]] as a candidate of PML (N) in [[2017 NA-120 by-election|by-polls]] held in September 2017.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

She was unable to take oath as member of the [[National Assembly]] due to her illness.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

She was known for maintaining a low profile.<ref name="herald/8aug2018">{{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}}</ref>

==Death and funeral ==
Nawaz was diagnosed with [[lymphoma]] in August 2017 and received treatment in London.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She underwent several sessions of [[chemotherapy]] and [[radiotherapy]] during her illness.<ref name="thenews/11sept2018">{{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 }}</ref>

In June 2018, Nawaz suffered cardiac arrest and was placed on a [[Medical ventilator|ventilator]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> On 10 September 2018, she was readmitted to the hospital and was put on the ventilator. She died on the 11 September 2018 at the age of 68 in London while both her husband Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam were serving jail terms.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="thenews/11sept2018" /> Her husband and daughter were granted timed-parole in order to attend her funeral.<ref>{{cite news|title=Begum Kulsoom dies; Nawaz Sharif, Maryam to get parole for funeral|url=https://khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/nawaz-sharifs-wife-begum-kulsoom-passes-away|work=Khaleej Times|date=11 September 2018}}</ref>

On 13 September 2018, a funeral prayer for Nawaz was held in a [[Regent's Park]] mosque in London. Following which her body was flown from the [[Heathrow Airport]] to Lahore on a [[Pakistan International Airlines]] flight.<ref>{{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}}</ref> On 14 September 2018, in Lahore, a funeral prayer led by [[Tariq Jameel|Maulana Tariq Jameel]] was offered at [[Sharif Medical City]] around 5:30 pm [[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]] before she was laid to rest in [[Jati Umra (Lahore)|Jati Umra]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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