Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif

Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif كلثوم نواز شريف
Kulsoom in 2013
First Lady of Pakistan
In office 5 June 2013 – 28 July 2017
Preceded by	Nusrat Pervaiz Asharaf
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman)
Succeeded by	Sehba Musharraf
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 July 1993
Preceded by	Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman)
Succeeded by	Asif Ali Zardari (First Gentleman)
President of the Pakistan Muslim League (N)
In office 12 October 1999 – 10 October 2002
Vice President	Tehmina Durrani Tehmina Daultana
Preceded by	Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded by	Shahbaz Sharif
Personal details
Born	Kulsoom Butt 1950 (age 66–67) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Spouse(s)	Nawaz Sharif
Relations	Sharif family Gama Pehelwan (grandfather)
Children	Maryam, Asma, Hassan and Hussain
Alma mater	Islamia College Lahore University of the Punjab Forman Christian University

Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif (Urdu: كلثوم نواز شريف‎) is the former First Lady of Pakistan. Born into a Kashmiri family in Lahore, she is a granddaughter of wrestler Gama Pehelwan. She attended Islamia College and Forman Christian College University for her graduation. Kulsoom is married to Nawaz Sharif, with whom she has four children. Kulsoom became the president of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) in 1999, but resigned from the post in 2002.

Kulsoom was born in Lahore into a Kashmiri family. Her father's name was Hafiz Butt, whereas her mother was the daughter of famous wrestler Ghulam Muhammad (also known as The Great Gama). Kalsoom has two sisters and a brother. Kulsoom did intermediate from the Islamia College, and Bachelors from the Forman Christian College University. Kulsoom completed her MA from the University of Punjab Jati Umra after marriage .

She has a Masters degree in Urdu.

She is married to Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan. She has four children with Nawaz, two daughters, and two sons. Her daughter, Maryam, is the former chairperson of her father's youth initiative, and the wife of politician Muhammad Safdar Awan. Her other daughter, Asma, is married to Ali Dar, the son of Ishaq Dar, the finance minister of Pakistan, while both of her sons, Hassan and Hussain, are businessmen. Her father-in-law, Muhammad Sharif, was the founder of Ittefaq Group, while her brother-in-law, Shehbaz Sharif, and nephew, Hamza Sharif, are politicians, the former of whom is the current Chief Minister of Punjab. Kulsoom lives in Lahore at Sharif Palace, with her family.