A saying behind every successful Man there is a woman, I think behind successful Nawaz Sharif the women is Kalsoom Nawaz. Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was born in 1950. She was the granddaughter of the world-renowned weight-lifter Ghulam Muhammad, known locally as ‘Gaama Pahelwan.’
ISLAMABAD-Nawaz received her early education from Lahore’s Madrasa-Tul-Banat and later enrolled at the Lady Griffin High School. For her undergraduate, she attended the Former Christian College in Lahore, and then completed a masters at the Punjab University. She was still studying when she married Nawaz Sharif, the son of a businessman, in 1971.
Her husband entered politics in the 1980s and went on to launch his own party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Through its platform, he was elected the prime minister of Pakistan three times and Kulsoom Nawaz had the honour of serving as the first lady thrice
When military dictator Pervez Musharraf staged a coup in 1999 and put Nawaz Sharif in jail, it was his wife, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, who hit the streets with the protest of her life.She vowed to lead a motor procession from Lahore to Peshawar but the military regime had banned all political rallies. Around 50 people were detained as the police surrounded the Sharif family’s Lahore home ahead of the planned rally. Law enforcers stopped people from entering and leaving the area.
Somehow, Begum Kulsoom managed to elude the police barricades. The police stopped her car 10 miles away. A huge overhead crane was brought to lift the front wheels of her car. As the car was dragged to the police compound, Begum Kulsoom refused to leave the vehicle or open the doors. She stayed inside the car for 10 hours. This act of defiance sets her apart in a country where challenging military might is no small feat.Begum Kulsoom passed away at the Harley Street Clinic on September 11 after doctors put her on life support earlier in the day.
Kulsoom sahiba was born on March 29, 1950. She was the granddaughter of Rustam Zaman, famously known as Gama Pehalwan. The family had migrated from Amritsar when India was partitioned.
Kulsoom graduated from Islamia College in 1970. A year later on April 4, she was married to Nawaz Sharif. Mr Sharif became a politician in the 1980s and since then, Begum Kulsoom has been an important voice in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. She became first lady three times, in 1990, 1997 and 2013. She was a supportive partner through thick and thin. Be it election campaigns or the trying times of exile, she was always on her husband’s side.
Together they had four children: Maryam Nawaz, Asma Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz.Begum Kulsoom did her Bachelor’s in Urdu Literature from Forman Christian College after her marriage in 1972. She then went on to complete her Master’s and PhD in Philosophy from Punjab University. She took a keen interest in literature and often penned speeches for her husband.
On July 28 last year, the Supreme Court disqualified then PM Nawaz Sharif from holding public office. Mrs Sharif won the by-election on NA-120, the seat that her husband held. Unfortunately, she could never take oath as she was being treated in London for throat cancer. Days before her death, members of her family were given a delayed permission to visit her. She was unconscious by the time her husband and daughter arrived in London.
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