1. Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif was a Pakistani politician who was the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three times during the governments of Nawaz Sharif.
19 Facts About Kulsoom Nawaz
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Kulsoom Nawaz was the President of Pakistan Muslim League from 1999 to 2002.
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Kulsoom Nawaz was born on 29 March 1948 in Lahore into the Punjabi Kashmiri family, to Mohammed Hafiz Butt.
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Kulsoom Nawaz's father was a doctor who ran his own clinic.
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Kulsoom Nawaz attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore.
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Kulsoom Nawaz received a master's degree in Urdu from the University of the Punjab in 1970.
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Kulsoom Nawaz married Nawaz Sharif, the three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, in April 1970.
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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.
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Kulsoom Nawaz became first lady of Pakistan for the second time after Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan when his party, Pakistan Muslim League, won the 1997 Pakistani general election.
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Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif named his wife as the President of Pakistan Muslim League in 1999.
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Kulsoom Nawaz became the first lady of Pakistan for the third time after Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan when his party, Pakistan Muslim League, won the 2013 Pakistani general election.
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Kulsoom Nawaz was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time from NA-120 as a candidate of PML in by-polls held in September 2017.
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Kulsoom Nawaz secured 59,413 votes and defeated Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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The NA-120 seat fell vacant after her husband, Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panama Papers case.
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Kulsoom Nawaz was unable to take oath as member of the National Assembly due to her illness.
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Kulsoom Nawaz was diagnosed with lymphoma in August 2017 and received treatment in London.
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Kulsoom Nawaz underwent several sessions of chemotherapy and radiotherapy during her illness.
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In June 2018, Kulsoom Nawaz suffered cardiac arrest and was placed on a ventilator.
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On 13 September 2018, a funeral prayer for Kulsoom Nawaz was held in London Central Mosque, after which her body was flown to Lahore.