Shafiq Zia

Begum **Shafiq Zia** ( née **Jahan** ; yazaalibwa nga 21 Ogwomwenda 1931 – 5 ogw'oluberyerye 1996) yali muntu wa Pakistan yaweereza nga First Lady wa Pakistan okuva mu 1977 okutuusa bba lwe yafa mu kabenje k'ennyonyi nga 17 ogwomunana 1988.

## Obuvo bwe n’amaka
Begum Zia yazaalibwa mu 1931 mu Kampala mu Uganda, mu maka agava mu Punjabi ; yagenda e Pakistan oluvannyuma lw'okugabanyaamu Buyindi, era n'afumbirwa General Zia-ul-Haq nga 10 ogwomunana 1950 mu Lahore. Shafiq yali muto ku bba emyaka munaana era ng’alina oluganda ku ludda lwe olwa maama. Kitaawe omusawo ng’abeera mu Kampala era ng’akolera mu Kampala, mu kiseera ekyo yali awummuddemu era yali mu Pakistan nasobora okutegeka obufumbo bwa bawala be bombi.

Oluvannyuma lw’okuwamba gavumenti mu 1977 ne bba be okutwala obwapulezidenti mu 1978, Zia yafuuka first lady . Mu myaka kkumi egyaddirira, yawerekera bba be ku ngendo eziwerako emitala w’amayanja, nga mw’otwalidde n’okukyala mu Amerika mu 1982.

## Nga mukyala wa Pulezidenti
Bwe baakwata obukulembeze mu 1978, famire ya Zia yasigala ng’ebeera mu nnyumba y’amagye e Rawalpindi, kyokka ne bategeka emikolo emitongole n’ekyeggulo ky’eggwanga ku Aiwan-i-Sadr eyali yaakaggwa. Omulimu gwa Begum Zia nga First Lady wa Pakistan gwali gussa essira ku nteekateeka z’awaka ezikwata ku bulamu bw’abalema n’ebizibu by’okukozesa ebiragalalagala n’okutulugunyizibwa mu bavubuka. Mu 1981, gavumenti ya Zia yayisa etteeka eriyitibwa Disabled Persons’ (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, eryatondawo enkiiko z’eggwanga n’amasaza okukola enkola y’emirimu n’obulungi bw’abo abaliko obulemu, n’etandikawo ebifo eby’okutendekebwamu, okussaawo emiwendo gy’emirimu era n’esaba wabeewo ensawo ya federo ey’okugaba ensimbi z’obuyambi ne sikaala eri abaliko obulemu. Omwana wa Begum ne Pulezidenti Zia yennyini, muwala we omuto Zain, yazaalibwa n’obulemu mu kwogera n’okuwulira.

Mu 1985, Begum Zia yakiikirira Pakistan mu lukungaana lwa Nancy Reagan olwa First Ladies Conference mu kukozesa ebiragalalagala wamu ne first ladies abalala kkumi na musanvu. nga  ayogerako mu lukungaana luno, yategeezezza nti gavumenti ya Pakistan yali etaddewo ebifo abiri mu mukaaga eby’okuddaabiriza abadkozesa ebiragalalagala. Begum Zia yayitibwa mu kibiina ky’Amawanga Amagatte mu mwaka gwe gumu, mu lukiiko olw’okubiri olwetabiddwamu First Ladies ab’amawanga amakumi asatu, n’asaba okukuba olukung’aana mu nsi ekyakula enkozesa ye ebiragalalagala gyeyinza okusomesebwa mu mbeera y’obwavu. Bwe yakomawo e Pakistan, yawandiisa enkolagana y’ebibiina ebitali bya gavumenti mu kukola ku kizibu ky’okukozesa ebiragalalagala mu maka, era n’atongoza olukung’aana lw’eggwanga lyonna olw’ebibiina by’obwannakyewa mu 1986 ku kuziyiza okukozesa ebiragalalagala mu Karachi. Omulimu gwa Begum Zia gwalagibwa mu firimu y'ekitongole ky'amawulire mu Amerika, wamu n'eya Marly Sarney owa Brazil, Nnabagereka Sirikit owa Thailand, Nnabagereka Noor owa Jordan, ne Nnabagereka Silvia owa Sweden.

Begum Zia yaliwo mu lutuula lw’okutongoza olukiiko lwa SAARC olwasoose mu kibuga Dhaka ekya Bangladesh ng’ali wamu ne bakyala b’abakulembeze b’amawanga ga SAARC abalala. Mu 1987, yawerekera Pulezidenti Zia e Jaipur mu kukyala kwe okumanyiddwa ennyo mu by'obubaka bwa cricket, gye yasisinkanira Gayatri Devi.

Omulimu gwa Begum Zia ogw’obuzirakisa n’okuyamba abantu gwasiimibwa Aga Khan IV mu 1985, eyatongoza eddwaliro lya Aga Khan University Hospital, yawa abayizi abasoma obusawo sikaala n’ensimbi okuwagira ebyobulamu eri abaavu mu ddwaaliro lino mu linnya lya Begum Zia. Mu 1987, Kabaka Hussein owa Jordan yamukwasa Supreme Order of the Renaissance.

## Obulamu bwe oluvannyuma n'okufa kwe
Oluvannyuma lw’okufa kwa Zia-ul-Haq mu 1988, Begum Zia yatandikawo ekitongole kya Zia-ul-Haq Foundation. Mu 1989, akasiimo ke n’enkizo ze nga mukyala w’eyali pulezidenti byasazibwamu gavumenti ya Benazir Bhutto. Yafa nga 5 mu gw'oluberyerye 1996 mu ddwaaliro lya Cromwell e London era alese abaana basatu ab'obuwala, Rubina, Quratulain, ne Zain, n'abaana babiri ab'obulenzi, Ijaz ne Anwar.

## Ebitiibwa by’amawanga amalala

* Jordan: Ekiragiro eky’oku ntikko eky’okuzzaawo eddiini

## Ebituukiriziddwa amannya.

* Dendrobium orchid Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq, Ensuku z’ebimera e Singapore (1983)
* Sikolashipi ya Begum Shafiq Zia-ul-Haq, Yunivasite ya Aga Khan (1985)

## Ebijuliziddwa