Wife of Pakistan’s ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif dies in London

Wife of Pakistan’s jailed prime minister Nawaz Sharif Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif

N367928 04: Pakistani ex-first lady Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif speaks April 6, 2000 regarding her husband's conviction by a special anti-terrorist court at Khawaja Majeed Sultan House in Karachi, Pakistan. A two-judge panel of the Sindh provincial High Court agreed April 18, 2000 to hear an appeal of Sharif's conviction on May 2. (Photo by Ilyas Dean/ Newsmakers)

Pakistani ex-first lady Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif  (Photo by Ilyas Dean/ Newsmakers)

The cancer-stricken wife of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has died in London, her brother-in-law said on Tuesday.

Kulsoom Nawaz-Sharif, who battled cancer for more than a year, died after months of being in a coma, the family said.

Mrs Sharif, her husband and daughter left her bedside to return to Pakistan and be arrested on corruption-related charges just ahead of the July 25 elections, which their party lost.

“The wife of Mian Nawaz Sharif is no more among us. May God rest her in peace,” Shehbaz Sharif, the former prime minister’s brother, said on Twitter.

“Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of our leader, has passed away,” Sharif’s political Secretary, Asif Kirmani, said.

Sharif, three-time prime minister, is currently serving a 10-year jail term in Pakistan following his conviction by a court on corruption charges.

Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, is also in jail.

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