ISLAMABAD – Begum Kulsoom Nawaz who breathed her last on Tuesday at theHarley Street Clinic, held a PhD on renowned Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib andused to insert verses in the speeches of her husband Nawaz Sharif – whoserved Pakistan thrice as the prime minister.
Former DG radio and seasoned journalist Murtaza Solangi elaborated in apiece written on Kulsoom Nawaz that she used to rectify the speeches ofPakistan Muslim League Nawaz leaders.
Kulsoom’s tilt towards literature was also confirmed by Pervaiz Rasheed, aclose confidante of Nawaz Sharif and a senior PML-N leader who added thatNawaz Sharif used to get poetic references from his wife.
Senior journalist Nusrat Javed also expressed that Begum Kulsoom was anavid reader of literature as well as the newspapers.
“She would go through newspapers and highlight important passages and givethem to Nawaz. This habit was inherited from her father Dr Hafeez, who wasone of the few Muslim doctors in pre-partition Punjab and lived in MisriShah area of interior Lahore,” the Dawn News anchor says.
PML-N Senator Mushahidullah, who is himself fond of poetry, dished in onthe matter saying, if she had to speak, she would rely on poetry.
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Senator Mushahid Hussain also confirmed the literary leaning of the formerfirst lady and recalled an iconic meeting between Kulsoom Nawaz and Urduliterature legend, Quratulain Hyder.
“I am a great fan of you and your work, especially Aag Ka Darya,” she toldthe author to her surprise.
Besides the soft touch of her personality, Kulsoom was also compelled tolead the party in times of crises after the bloodless coup of 1999engineered by Pervaiz Musharraf.
When Nawaz Sharif was put behind bars, it was Kulsoom who led the party andwooed the voters and party loyalists.
