Body of Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz arrives in Lahore
A plane carrying the body of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, from London arrived in Lahore, where she will be buried later Friday.
The body has been shifted to Jati Umra Lahore residence of the Sharif family for burial, Geo TV reported.
Kulsoom died Tuesday in a London hospital after a long battle with cancer. She was 68. She would be buried Friday.
The Pakistan International Airlines’ flight carrying the body landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here around 6:45 a.m (local time).
Shehbaz Sharif, the deceased’s brother-in-law and president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), along with Begum Kulsoom’s daughter Asma, grandson Zayd Hussain Sharif (Hussain Nawaz’s son), and 11 other family members accompanied the body.
Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, Begum Kulsoom’s sons, did not return to the country for their mother’s funeral. Both have been declared absconders by an accountability court in the corruption cases.
Kulsoom’s funeral prayers will be held at the Sharif Medical City in Jati Umra neighbourhood at 5 p.m. (local time).
“Congregational prayers (Rasm-i-Qul) for her will be offered on Sunday between Asr and Maghreb,” Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb told PTI.
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