Mother of Democracy مادر جمہوریت Begum Nusrat Bhutto بیگم نصرت بھٹو |
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(بیگم نصرت بھٹو (مادر جمہوریت
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2nd Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party | |
In office 4 April 1979 – 10 January 1984 |
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Preceded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Benazir Bhutto |
First Lady of Pakistan | |
In office 20 December 1971 – 5 July 1977 |
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Succeeded by | Shafiq Jahan Zia-ul-Haq |
Personal details | |
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Nusrat Ispahani 23 March 1929 Esfahan, Iran |
Died | 23 October 2011 (aged 82) Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Nationality | Pakistani, Iranian |
Political party | Pakistan People's Party |
Spouse(s) | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Children | Benazir, Murtaza, Shahnawaz, Sanam |
Nusrat Bhutto (Urdu: بیگم نصرت بھٹو, Sindhi: بیگم نصرت ڀٽو; Kurdish: بێگوم نوسرهت بوتو; born Nusrat Ispahani; March 23, 1929 – October 23, 2011) was an Iranian-Kurdish public figure who served as Pakistan's first lady between 1971 until the 1977 coup, and as a senior member of the federal cabinet between 1988 and 1990.
Born in Isfahan to an upper-class family of Kurdish descent, the family had settled in Mumbai before moving to Karachi after the Partition of India. Ispahani joined a paramilitary women's force in 1950, but left a year later when she married Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She moved to Oxfordshire with her husband who than was pursuing his legal education. She returned to Pakistan alongside Bhutto who went on to serve as the Foreign Minister. After her husband founded Pakistan Peoples Party, Ispahani worked to lead party's women’s wing.