First ladies and gentlemen of Pakistan explained

Post:First Lady
Body:Pakistan
Insignia:Flag of Pakistan.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Flag of Pakistan
Incumbent:Aseefa Bhutto (daughter of Asif Zardari)
Nusrat Shehbaz (wife of Shehbaz Sharif)
Tehmina Durrani (wife of Shehbaz Sharif)
Incumbentsince:16 April 2024 (Aseefa)
4 March 2024 (Nusrat and Tehmina)
Termlength:5 years
Inaugural:Naheed Begum
Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan

First ladies and gentlemen of Pakistan (Urdu: {{nq|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. The current position First Ladies of Pakistan is Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, daughter of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the current president Asif Ali Zardari. 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)

No.PortraitConsortsHead of stateTerm beginsTerm ends
1Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon15 August 1947 6 February 1952
2Philip MountbattenQueen Elizabeth II6 February 1952 23 March 1956

List of first ladies (governor-generals of Pakistan – position abolished in 1956)

No.PortraitFirst LadyGovernor GeneralTerm beginsTerm endsDescription
1Position vacant15 August 1947 – 11 September 1948Muhammad Ali Jinnah's second wife, Rattanbai Jinnah, died in 1929. He never remarried.[1]
Position vacant11 September 1948 14 September 1948No Governor General during this time.
2Shah BanoSir Khawaja Nazimuddin14 September 1948 17 October 1951
3Badshah Begum Sir Ghulam Muhammad17 October 1951 7 August 1955[2]
4Nahid Mirza7 August 195523 March 1956Born Nahid Afghamy in Iran.[3] Nahid married Mirza in July 1953. She died on January 25, 2019.

List of first ladies and gentlemen of Pakistan (head of state – president of Pakistan)

No. PortraitFirst Lady Head of stateTenure beginsTenure endsNotes
1Nahid MirzaIskandar Mirza23 March 1956 27 October 1958Nahid, who was Iranian-born and of Iranian Kurdish descent was a cousin of fellow First Lady Nusrat Bhutto. Nahid died on January 25, 2019.[4]
2Begum Ayub KhanAyub Khan27 October 1958 25 March 1969[5]
3Name unavailableMohammad Afzal Cheema(Acting)11 June 196229 November 1963
4Syeda Selima BegumFazlul Qadir Chaudhry(Acting)29 November 196312 June 1965[6]
5Begum Ayub KhanAyub Khan(2nd Tenure)12 June 196525 March 1969
Position vacantYahya Khan25 March 1969 20 December 1971Yahya Khan never married. His mistress, General Rani, became a powerful figure within his regime.
6Shireen Amir BegumZulfikar Ali Bhutto20 December 197113 August 1973
Nusrat BhuttoNusrat Bhutto was born in Iran into the Ispahani family, a prominent Iranian Kurdish family. She was the cousin of former First Lady Nahid Mirza. 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.
7Name unavailableFazal Ilahi Chaudhry14 August 1973 20 April 1978
8Sheikh Anwarul Haq(Acting)20 April 19787 May 1978
9Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry7 May 197816 September 1978
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Notes and References

  1. News: How Jinnah lost his love, and political relevance . . 2015-06-28 . 2019-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181129093546/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//home/sunday-times/deep-focus/How-Jinnah-lost-his-love-and-political-relevance/articleshow/47845905.cms . 2018-11-29 . live .
  2. News: Max . Weber . Ghulam Mohammad: His Life & Work . . 2016 . 2019-11-25 .
  3. News: First ladies Nusrat and Nahid were both Iranian-born . . 2011-10-24 . 2019-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191125024832/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/617570-first-ladies-nusrat-and-nahid-were-both-iranian-born . 2019-11-25 . live.
  4. News: Ex-president Iskander Mirza's wife passes away in London. 25 January 2019. 21 October 2021. Pakistan Today (newspaper).
  5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/51152513668 Field Marshal Auchinleck with Begum Ayub Khan and Begum Shahid Hamid, 1964
  6. Web site: Fazlul Quader Chowdhury ::Life Sketch . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729015508/http://bengal-legend.com/life.php . 29 July 2018 .