Nahid Iskander Mirza, the former first lady of Pakistan, passed away in London on Friday. Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Muhammad Faisal said that the widow of former president Iskander Mirza had been ill for quite some time. Nahid was reportedly Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder Zuflikar Ali Bhutto’s wife’s older cousin. “Nusrat Bhutto was 15 years younger than Nahid Mirza,” according to a book titled, “From Plassey to Pakistan: The family history of Iskander Mirza,” written by Mirza’s son Humayun Mirza. “She is the one who introduced Iskander Mirza and Ayub Khan to Bhutto.”Mirza became the first president of the country in 1956.

Source: Pakistan Today January 25, 2019 14:15 UTC