Body of Nawaz Sharifs mother reaches Lahore from London
Funeral prayers of Begum Shamim Akhtar will be held at 1:30 PM at the Sharif Medical City Complex.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - The dead body of Begum Shamim Akhtar, the mother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif reached Lahore from London today (Saturday), Dunya News reported.
Begum Shamim Akhtar’s corpse arrived in Lahore via British Airways flight and was received in Lahore by members of the Sharif family and PML-L leaders and workers at the Allama Iqbal International Airport.
Funeral prayers of Begum Shamim Akhtar will be held at 1:30 PM at the Sharif Medical City and she will be laid to rest at Sharif family’s ancestral graveyard next to the grave of her husband, Mian Sharif.
According to sources, the Qul ceremony of Begum Shamim Akhtar will be held at Jati Umra which will be attended by Sharif family’s members.
Earlier on Friday, Punjab government has released Mian Shehbaz Sharif and son Hamza Shahbaz on parole to attend his Begum Shamim Akhtar’s funeral and burial. The two have been released for a period of five days.
According to sources, Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Hamzqa Shehbaz have left for Jati Umrah to make arrangement for Begum Shamim Akhtar’s burial. Last year, PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif was also released on five-day parole for the funeral of his wife Kulsoom Nawaz.
Earlier in the day, the government issued the notification of their release, which said that the PML-N president and his son will remain free from November 27 to December 1 on five-day parole. PML-N had requested for fourteen-day parole.
