Tag: first lady

Three-time Pakistan first lady Kulsoom Nawaz dies: party

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died of cancer in London on Tuesday as her husband remains locked up in jail in his home country following his fall from power. Nawaz, 68, who was first lady of Pakistan three times, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August last year and had been receiving treatment at a private hospital in London for months. “Yes, the death of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz […]

Barbara Bush: America’s ‘First grandmother’

by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barbara Bush cast herself as an enthralled spectator of her husband’s rise to the presidency, but once in the White House, it was America’s “First Grandmother” who stole the public’s heart. White-haired and matronly, Bush, who died Tuesday at the age of 92, was decidedly unfashionable, her signature large pearls notwithstanding. But she honed that staid image shrewdly during George H.W. Bush’s tenure in […]

Melania Trump and son Barron officially move into White house

(Reuters) – United States First Lady Melania Trump and her son Barron Trump will now officially call the White House ‘home.’ They arrived with President Donald Trump in Washington on Sunday (June 11), in what the media said was their official moving day at the presidential residence. Melania Trump and Barron remained in New York after Trump’s inauguration in order to allow Barron to finish out the school year. Ahead of their arrival on Sunday, […]