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First Ladies and Gentlemen of Pakistan (Urdu : خاتون اول يا مرد اول پاكستان ) is an unofficial title traditionally given, often interchangeably, to the wife or husband of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan . Samina Alvi, wife of President Arif Alvi , is the First Lady of Pakistan[1] and Bushra Maneka , wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan , is the other First Lady of Pakistan.[2] Along with their spouse and children, the First Lady or Gentleman is a member of the First Family of Pakistan .
Consorts, First Ladies and First Gentlemen
List of Consorts (Monarchs of Pakistan – Position Abolished in 1956)
List of First Ladies and Gentlemen of Pakistan (Head of State – President of Pakistan )
no.
Portrait
First Lady
Head of State
Tenure Begins
Tenure Ends
Notes
1
Nahid Mirza
Iskandar Mirza
23 March 1956
27 October 1958
Nahid, who was Iranian -born and of Iranian Kurdish descent was a cousin of fellow First Lady Nusrat Bhutto .[5] Nahid died on January 23, 2019.[6]
2
Name unavailable
Ayub Khan
27 October 1958
25 March 1969
3
Name unavailable
Yahya Khan
25 March 1969
20 December 1971
Khan's mistress, General Rani , became a powerful figure within his regime.
4
Nusrat Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
20 December 1971
13 August 1973
Nusrat Bhutto was born in Iran into the Ispahani family, a prominent Iranian Kurdish family.[5] She was the cousin of former First Lady Nahid Mirza.[5] The wife of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of Benazir Bhutto , she founded the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in 1981 in opposition to oppose Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 's regime.
5
Name unavailable
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
14 August 1973
16 September 1978
6
Shafiq Jahan
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
16 September 1978
17 August 1988
Born in Uganda to a family of Indian origin before immigrating to Pakistan.
7
Begum Shamim Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
17 August 1988
18 July 1993
Begum Shamim Khan died on July 26, 2019, in Peshawar at the age of 83.[7] [8]
8
Name unavailable
Farooq Leghari
14 November 1993
2 December 1997
9
Shamim Akhtar
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
1 January 1998
20 June 2001
10
Sehba Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
20 June 2001
18 August 2008
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Position vacant
Asif Ali Zardari
9 September 2008
9 September 2013
Zardari's wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , had been assassinated in 2007.
11
Begum Mehmooda Hussain
Mamnoon Hussain
9 September 2013
8 September 2018
12
Samina Alvi
Arif Alvi
9 September 2018
Present
[1]
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan
References
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^ a b "First Lady Bushra Maneka is Pakistan's most 'Googled' person" . Samaa TV . 2018-12-12. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ "How Jinnah lost his love, and political relevance" . The Times of India . 2015-06-28. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2019-12-03 .
^ Weber, Max (2016). "Ghulam Mohammad: His Life & Work" (PDF) . Punjab University . Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ a b c d e "First ladies Nusrat and Nahid were both Iranian-born" . The News International . 2011-10-24. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ a b "Obituary: Nahid Iskandar Mirza, Iranian Who Became Pakistan's First Lady" . Kayhan Life . 2019-04-14. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ "Wife of Ghulam Ishaq passes away" . The Nation (Pakistan) . 2019-07-27. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ Farooq, Muhammad (2019-07-27). "Widow of Ghulam Ishaq Khan passes away" . The News International . Archived from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ a b "Nusrat Bhutto, former first lady of Pakistan, dies" . BBC News . 2011-10-24. Archived from the original on 2019-09-07. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
^ Keleny, Anne (2011-10-28). "Begum Nusrat Bhutto: First Lady of Pakistan who fought to keep her family together" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
^ Vitello, Paul (2011-10-25). "Nusrat Bhutto, Political Force in Pakistan, Dies at 82" . New York Times . Archived from the original on 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
^ Hassan, Ali (25 October 2011). "Glowing tribute paid to late Nusrat Bhutto in Capital" . Daily Times . Retrieved 25 November 2019 .
^ a b "Junejo's widow laid to rest" . Dawn . 2003-07-14. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ Rashid, Ahmed (1993-03-19). "Obituary: Muhammad Khan Junejo" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2019-11-25 .
^ a b Taseer, Sherbano (30 March 2012). "The rebirth of Maryam Nawaz Sharif" . The Nation (Pakistan) . Retrieved 25 November 2019 .
^ "Prominent intellectuals for naming some road after name of Nayyar Wasti" . Education Watch Pakistan . 2015-05-18. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-18 .
^ "Meraj Khalid passes away" . Dawn . 2003-06-14. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2019-12-03 .
^ "Musharraf and Sehba celebrate 36th wedding anniversary" . Daily Times . 28 December 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2019 .
^ "Begum Fouzia Gilani presents a cheque of Rs.one million to national commissioner Pakistan girls guide association" . Islamabad . 16 February 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2019 .
^ Staff Report (16 September 2012). "First lady you are urgent women to wear hijab" . Daily Times . Retrieved 25 November 2019 .
^ "Burqa of Pakistan's first lady 'unmasks societal biases' " . The Express Tribune . 2018-08-18. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
^ Jamal, Sana (2018-02-19). "Baba Farid: Where Imran Khan and Bushra Maneka found each other" . Gulf News . Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
^ "First lady to be, Bushra Maneka's message for the nation over eve of PTI victory" . Times of Islamabad . 2018-07-27. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
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