President condoles with Shehbaz over Kulsoom's demise
President Alvi prayed to Allah Almighty to bless the departed soul.
ISLAMABAD (APP):President Arif Alvi Monday telephoned President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Shehbaz Sharif to condole the sad demise of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who breathed her last, following an year-long battle with cancer in London.
President Alvi prayed to Allah Almighty to bless the departed soul and to grant courage to the family to bear the loss.
Kulsoom died at the age of 68, after losing to a long battle with cancer at London’s Harley Street Clinic On September 11.
Kulsoom 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.
