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Kulsoom, Sharif's wife, died Tuesday in London after a long battle with cancer. She was 68 years old. His body will be brought back here and buried in the Jati Umra Lahore residence of the Sharif family.
Sharif and two other people were transported to Jati Umra in a special platform at Nur Khan Rawalpindi Air Base in the early hours of Wednesday, after the Punjab Interior Ministry issued a 12-year parole order. hours. The trio arrived in Lahore at 3:15 am on Wednesday.
Maryam Aurangzeb, a spokeswoman for the Pakistani Muslim League Nawaz, said Shahbaz Sharif had filed a five-day parole application to his older brother, Nawaz, to attend Begum Kulsoom Nawaz's latest rituals. died of cancer in London on Tuesday.
She stated that the Punjab government did not receive Shahbaz's request for five days and only granted their release for 12 hours.
"We hope the government will grant parole until Begum Kulsoom's burial on Friday in Lahore," said Aurangzeb, adding that Shahbaz Sharif will leave for London on Wednesday to bring back the body. Kulsoom.
A senior official of the Punjab government also confirmed that the parole period would be extended until the last Kulsoom rituals were performed in Lahore.
"Since Kulsoom's body is scheduled to arrive on Friday, there is no point in not extending the period of release, and the government has allowed Mr. Sharif to attend his wife's funeral prayer for purely humanitarian reasons," he said. responsible.
According to a notification from the Ministry of the Interior, "pursuant to Rule 545-B of the Pakistan Prison Rules of 1978, permission was granted to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, captive Muhammad Safdar, incarcerated in the central prison of Rawalpindi Kulsoom Nawaz's funeral prayer.The duration of the permission granted will not exceed 12 hours.The police will be responsible for their safety and security and will not leave the place (Jati Umra) specified in the application for authorization. "
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan ordered to facilitate the Sharif family regarding the return of Kulsoom's body and issues related to their parole.
A large police contingent has been deployed in Jati Umra to ensure the safety of the Sharif family.
Kulsoom, who has been battling lymphoma (cancer of the throat) for over a year, breathed his last breath at London's Harley Street Clinic.
"The state of Begum Kulsoom has deteriorated early in the morning of Tuesday.The doctors did their best but could not save his life," said Marriyum Aurangzeb.
Asked if her sons – Hasan and Hussain – would return to Lahore to attend her funeral prayer, she said: "No decision has yet been made".
It is likely that the two sons will not return to Pakistan, as they have been declared absentee by a court of responsibility in the case of properties abroad.
The former first lady was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer (throat) last August and had been in London since then, where she underwent several surgeries and at least five chemotherapy sessions.
She was placed on a ventilator in June after a cardiac arrest. Her family reported a slight improvement in her health on July 12, a day before her husband Sharif and Maryam were sent back to Pakistan after being sentenced to jail by the court of responsibility.
She was the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017.
She was also president of the PML-N from 1999 to 2002, after her husband's government was overthrown by former military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf, in a non-effusive coup d'etat. blood. She was also placed under house arrest after Sharif was ousted by Musharraf in 1999.
She led provocative and lonely protests against the Musharraf regime for her husband to be released from prison.
Kulsoom was elected in the NA-120 constituency of Lahore in a partial poll after her husband was removed from office by the Supreme Court last year. Due to her illness, she was unable to return and was officially sworn in for the siege.
She was born in 1950 in Lahore in a Kashmiri family. She graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore and earned a Master's degree in Urdu from the Punjab University in 1970.
On her maternal side, she was granddaughter of the famous wrestler of the subcontinent Gama Pehlwan.
Kulsoom married Sharif in April 1971 and they have four children – Hassan, Hussain, Maryam and Asma.
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