LONDON – Former premier Nawaz Sharif said that Begum Kulsoom Nawaz’scondition has slightly improved, but she still remains unconscious and incritical condition.
Nawaz, in an interview to *BBC Urdu*link>, expressed regret that had hevisited his wife before last Thursday, he would at least have been able tofind her conscious.
“[Begum] Kulsoom’s condition is better compared to before. [I wish] I had[reached here] before [last] Thursday, she was at least in a consciousstate then,” he said, and requested for prayers for his ailing wife.
Hussain further told *BBC Urdu* that his mother’s condition wascomparatively better than last week. When asked how his father was handlingthe situation, he passed the phone to Nawaz. During the five to eightminutes conversation, Nawaz requested prayers for the deteriorating healthof Begum Kulsoom.
*BBC Urdu* further stated that Nawaz’s tone was gravely serious borderingwith sadness. He expressed genuinely positive remarks about Pakistan andthe nation before concluding the conversation.
On Thursday, Maryam Nawaz told media that her mother’s condition remainedcritical.
The ex-prime minister’s wife was admitted to Harley Street Clinic on June14 after suffering a cardiac arrest and has been on life support since. Shehad been undergoing treatment for throat cancer during the past few months.