Funeral prayers for Begum Kulsoom Nawaz were offered at Sharif Medical City on Friday. The funeral prayers were led by Maulana Tariq Jameel. She will be laid to rest in Jati Umra next to the resting place of her father-in-law Mian Sharif and brother-in-law Abbas Sharif.
Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif passed away in London on September 11 after a year-long battle with cancer. Her funeral prayers were offered in London on Thursday following which Kulsoom Nawaz’s body was flown to Lahore.
The funeral prayers will be attended by Sharif family members excluding Begum Kulsoom’s son Hassan and Hussain Nawaz.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Khursheed Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira have arrived to attend the funeral prayers. MQM-P leader and federal minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and PkMAP chief Mehmood Khan Azhakzai, Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain are also attending the funeral prayers.
The leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf including Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and NA Speaker Asad Qaiser are also attending.
