Lahore
Amid chants of “mother of democracy”, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was laid to rest on Friday as thousands of PML-N supporters and top politicians attended her funeral prayers.
Kulsoom, who died Tuesday in a London hospital after a year-long battle with throat cancer, was laid to rest at the Sharif family’s Jati Umra residence here next to the graves of her father-in-law Mian Sharif and brother-in-law Abbas Sharif.
Her funeral prayers, led by renowned cleric Tariq Jameel, were offered at a ground at Lahore’s Sharif Medical City, after which her body was transported to Jati Umra amid high security.
Nawaz Sharif and other Sharif family members excluding 68-year-old Kulsoom’s two sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz attended the prayers. Hassan and Hussain have been declared absconders by an accountability court in corruption cases linked to Panama Papers scandal.
A protective human chain was formed around Sharif so that the funeral prayers could be offered. A massive crowd of thousands of people, top politicians, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders and workers attended the funeral prayers.
The leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf including Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser attended the funeral prayers.
