Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar back in Adiala jail
The trio had been released on a parole to attend the last rites of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Authorities on Monday shifted incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar back to Adiala.
The trio had been released on parole to attend the last rites of former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, who died on September 11 at a hospital in London.
Nawaz had met his mother earlier in the day at the Jati Umra residence of the Sharif family. The three were then escorted to the airport from where they were flown to Adiala via a special plane. Former Punjab chief minister and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif accompanied the trio.
The Punjab Home Ministry said it did not receive any formal request from the Sharif family for parole extension.
Last rites
Kulsoom Nawaz was laid to rest on Friday at Jati Umra, next to the resting place of her father-in-law Mian Sharif and brother-in-law Abbas Sharif.
Her funeral prayers, led by religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil, were offered at Sharif Medical City, Raiwind.
Nawaz, his son-in-law Captain (r) Safdar along with party leaders and thousands of supporters attended the funeral. Delegations from other political parties including PTI, PPP, MQM-P and PSP were also in attendance.
Another funeral, led by Imam Imram Sheikh Khalifa Ezzat, was held in London’s Regent Park mosque on Thursday. Family members and prominent political figures including Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, former Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif, former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Ch Nisar had attended the last rituals of former first lady.
Her Rasm-e-Qul were offered on Sunday at Jati Umra.
A three-time former first lady
Kulsoom died at the age of 68, after losing to a long battle with cancer at London’s Harley Street Clinic On September 11.
She was born in 1950 in Lahore to a Kashmiri family. She attended Islamia College and graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. She also received a Master’s degree in Urdu from the University of the Punjab in 1970.
She married Nawaz Sharif in 1971, and served as the president of the PML-N from 1999 to 2002. Kulsoom had remained the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017.
After the disqualification of Sharif from Supreme Court last year, Kulsoom Nawaz was given party ticket to contest by-election from NA-120 while she was under treatment in London. Kulsoom was elected to Lahore’s NA-120 constituency in a by-poll against Dr Yasmin Rashid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) among other candidates. However; she was unable to return due to her illness.
Her election campaign was run by her daughter, Maryam Nawaz.
Kulsoom was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, barely a month after Nawaz was removed from office by the Supreme Court, which ordered him to face trial in an anti-corruption court. PML-N leaders and family members have been arriving at their residence to extend condolences.
