Zardari, Bilawal to meet Nawaz today to forward condolences

Author: Web Desk

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari are expected to meet the ex-prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today (Sunday) to extend condolences on Begum Kulsoom’s death.

According to news reports, a PPP delegation headed by Bilawal and Zardari will visit Jati Umrah on Sunday.

Former Premier Nawaz Sharif’s wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away on September 11.

Also read Kulsoom Nawaz’s fight against adversity

Begum Kulsoom had been battling with lymphoma (throat) cancer since August 2017 and was under treatment at London’s Harley Street Clinic since June 2014.

Many PPP leaders including Yousaf Raza Gillani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Khursheed Shah, Naveed Qamar, and Qamar Zaman Kaira attended the former first lady’s funeral.

After the Begum Kulsoom‘s death, Nawaz, Maryam, and her husband Captain (r) Safdar Awan were released from Adiala Jail on parole for five days, which would end today.

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