LAHORE: As the tragic news of the demise of former fist lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz hit the media, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan was prompt to apologize for his bitter comments ridiculing the health condition of Nawaz Sharif’s wife.
In a customary criticism against his political opponents, Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan mocked the ailing state of former MNA claiming “Harley Street Clinic where Kulsoom Nawaz is admitted, for cancer treatment, is owned and operated by Sharif family.”
PPP Senator from Punjab also alleged that the clinic was not meant for cancer patients.
However, following the news of Kulsoom Nawaz’s death, Ahsan apologized for his remarks while talking to ARY News and said “I am embarrassed for my comments and seek apology from the Sharif family.”
He further extended his condolence to the Sharif family and said “it is a great loss.”
The lady, who remained an active political worker till 2017, was battling throat cancer in London’s Harley Street Clinic since June.
Sources say her body will be brought back to the country for a funeral ceremony and burial in Lahore city.
Her husband and daughter, who are serving jail time in compliance with a July 6 court order in Avenfield reference case, are expected to be released on parole to participate in her funeral.
Born into a Kashmiri family in Lahore, Kulsoom Nawaz attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore.
She received a master’s degree in Urdu from the University of the Punjab in 1970.
She married Nawaz Sharif, the three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, in April 1971. She had four children: Maryam, Asma, Hassan and Hussain.
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