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Kulsoom has died of cancer-related complications
Kulsoom Nawaz. PHOTO: EXPRESS / FILE
Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, died in London Tuesday after suffering from cancer-related complications.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the death of Kulsoom and said, "My sister-in-law and Mian Nawaz Sharif's wife, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, are no longer with us.
"His disappearance is equivalent to the end of an era, even in the most difficult moments, it remained firm. PML-N and democracy are forever beholden to Begum Kulsoom, "added Shehbaz.
Hospitalized for eight months at the Hartley Clinic in the British capital, reports released Tuesday morning indicated that her health had further deteriorated and that she had been reinstalled on the ventilator. Nawaz and his daughter Maryam were informed by the prison authorities of the disappearance of the first lady.
Sounds Hassan and Hussain reportedly arranged for the funeral and former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and a family member Sharif are present with Nawaz's sons at the medical facility.
Prime Minister Imran Khan offered his condolences following the death of Begum Kulsoom and said that incarcerated members of the Sharif family would be facilitated according to the law, a prime minister's press release said. The government will also address the Pakistani High Commissioner to the United Kingdom to help Sharif family members.
The bar of the Supreme Court urged the government to make "quick arrangements and to facilitate" Nawaz and his daughter to allow them to attend the funeral.
"PML-N and democracy are forever beholden to Begum Kulsoom"
Begum Kulsoom challenged and won NA-120, a traditional stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) after the vacancy of the seat following the disqualification of Nawaz by the Supreme Court (SC) in the Panama Papers case .
Nawaz, Maryam go to London to meet Kulsoom in trouble
Crucial for the PML-N, Begum Kulsoom ensured that the party remains functional in the most difficult moments. She challenged the NA-120 national poll despite poor health and obtained 59,413 votes against Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
During the exile of her husband after the military coup of 1999, Begum Kulsoom took the reins of the party and was the president from 1999 to 2002. Referring to her mother, Maryam Nawaz had disputed ".
She was born in a Kashmiri family in Punjab and graduated from Forman Christian College. Nawaz and Begum Kulsoom were married in 1971 and had four children; Hassan, Hussain, Maryam and Asma.
On August 23, 2017, British doctors confirmed that Kulsoom was suffering from cancer and had been transferred to London for medical care. Since then, Nawaz and Maryam have been going back and forth to visit Kulsoom. On June 15, she was placed on a ventilator after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Kulsoom Nawaz is in the intensive care unit after the state of health has deteriorated
All political leaders – opponents and others – have expressed their best wishes for Kulsoom for the duration of his illness. The sons Hassan and Hussain reside in the United Kingdom and took care of her while Nawaz and Maryam attended the hearings of the corruption trial.
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