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Jailed ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif’s wife passes away in London

Jailed ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif's wife passes away in London

TIL Desk/World/London/ Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died on Tuesday in London after a protracted battle with throat cancer. Kulsoom, who was under treatment at London’s Harley Street Clinic since June 2014, was placed on life support earlier on Tuesday after her health deteriorated.

The health of the 68-year-old former first lady began deteriorating Monday night as she had developed a lung problem again, the channel said. Sharif’s brother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif confirmed her death in a tweet.

‘My sister-in-law and the wife of Nawaz Sharif sahib is no more amongst us. May God bless her soul,’ he tweeted in Urdu. Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd.) Muhammad Safdar are currently serving jail terms in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after being convicted by an accountability court in a corruption case in July.

Citing sources, the channel said Sharif, Maryam, and Safdar have been informed about Kulsoom’s death. The trio will be granted parole to attend the funeral of Begum Kulsoom. The three will be granted parole from the time of Kulsoom’s funeral prayers till her burial, it said, citing the Interior Ministry sources.

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