Begum Kulsoom Nawaz's body brought Jati Umra amid tears

LAHORE: The flight carrying Kulsoom Nawaz’s body arrived at  Lahore's Allama Iqbala International Airport in wee hours  on Friday (today), the body  was later shifted to Sharif Medical City, Jati Umra.

As per details, 13 members of Sharif family, including Shehbaz Sharif, Asma Nawaz, sons of Husssain Nawaz and other relatives have come Pakistan along with the body via PIA flight PK 758, which landed  at  Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at around 06: 50am today (Friday).

Extra security is already in place at both Allama Iqbal International Airport and Jati Umra following the funeral prayers of Pakistan's former first lady.

Religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel will lead the funeral prayers of  Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, which is scheduled to be held at 5:00pm on Friday (today ) at Sharif Medical City, Jati Umra.

A special security plan has been chalked out ahead of Begum Kulsoom's funeral. Airport Security Force (ASF), police, and other law enforcers have been deployed in the provincial capital to avert any untoward incident.

Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam on Wednesday were freed for five days on parole to attend the funeral of former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz.

Nawaz Sharif's sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz won't be attending the burial ceremony of her mother in Pakistan owing to legal complications.

A head of departure of Kulsoom's body to homeland, her funeral prayers were offered at the Regents Park Mosque (Islamic Cultural Centre) in London.

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz including former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, Hasan and Hussain Nawaz, former finance minister Ishaq Dar, former Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar, former federal minister Berjees Tahir, former AJK prime minister Chaudhary Abdul Majeed, PTI London President Barrister Waheed Miah and representatives of religious and political parties attended the funeral.

Kulsoom, 68, wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, breathed her last on Tuesday at London’s Harley Street Clinic after a prolonged illness, where She remained under treatment since June 2017, and was placed on life support last night after her health deteriorated.