Maryam Nawaz breaks silence over the sad demise of her mother Kulsoom Nawaz

Maryam Nawaz breaks silence over the sad demise of her mother Kulsoom Nawaz

ISLAMABAD - Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday night broke silence over the sad demise of her mother Kulsoom Nawaz.

She said she was "deeply saddened" that she was unable to be by the bedside of her ailing mother, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, during her last moments.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader said: "It has been extremely difficult since I have learnt of my mother's death.

"It is extremely painful that I wasn't by my mother's side as she breathed her last," she added. "I am deeply saddened."

Maryam, the daughter of ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, also appealed to the Pakistani people to pray that God grants her mother the highest place in Paradise.

Maryam, her father and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, and her husband Captain (retd) Safdar were released from Adiala Jail on a 12-hour parole on Tuesday night to attend Begum Kulsoom's funeral.