*RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharifheld an emergency meeting with Nawaz Sharif in Adiala Jail.*
*He on Tuesday visited the Adiala Jail to meet Nawaz Sharif and hisdaughter and discussed with them funeral arrangements of Begum KulsoomNawaz.*
During the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif informed them about Kulsoom’s passing asconveyed through doctors from London hospital. Both discussed thearrangements of for the burial of Kulsoom Nawaz. She is expected to beburied at the ancestral graveyard at the family’s residence in Jati Umrahin Raiwind.
Her funeral prayers were offered at the Regent’s Park mosque in centralLondon. The arrangements to bring back her body will be made after a deathcertificate is issued.
Shahbaz Sharif is expected to leave for the United Kingdom on the nextavailable flight to bring back the body of his sister-in-law who passedaway in London after a long battle with cancer.
Her husband and daughter, who are currently imprisoned after beingconvicted in the Avenfield reference case, are expected to be released onparole to attend the funeral ceremony.
PML-N leader Imran Nazeer has said that Shehbaz Sharif will leave forLondon after consulting with the family, and that Kulsoom Nawaz is likelyto be buried in Jati Umrah.
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He said that it could take two to three days to repatriate her body afterundergoing all necessary procedures. He added that it is the legal right ofNawaz Sharif to be released on parole.
Several representatives of the Pakistan High Commission in London alsovisited the Harley Street Clinic to make arrangements to bring back MsNawaz’s body to Lahore.
A diplomatic source informed that the body could be brought back bytomorrow, while an embassy official are been instructed to coordinate withthe Sharif family.
Begum Kulsoom passed away in London after a long illness and battle withcancer. She was reportedly place on life support after her healthdeteriorated earlier today and she developed a lung problem.
The three-time former first lady was diagnosed with early stage lymphoma inAugust last year. She was in London ever since and underwent multiplesurgeries and chemotherapy sessions.
