Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of former Paksitan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif breathed her last in London, were she was battling with cancer, Dawn reported.
Her brother-in-law and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif confirmed the demise. She is survived by her husband and four children, Hassan, Hussain, Maryam and Asma.
She was placed on life support system after her health began deteriorating, sources at London’s Harley Street Clinic had told GeoNews.
The former PM and his daughter are both currently serving their sentences in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
Begum Kulsoom served as first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms from 1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017.
Born in 1950 in Lahore to a Kashmiri family, Begum Kulsoom attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore. She received a Master’s degree in Urdu from Punjab University in 1970.
