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'She was a courageous woman of great dignity and confronted her disease with fortitude'Maryam Aurangzeb, spokeswoman for the Pakistan Muslim League party, said Ms Nawaz had died before dawn on Tuesday, aged 68.She said arrangements were being made to transport Nawaz’s body to Pakistan for burial. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when

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The funeral will be held on Friday, according to members of Mr. Sharif’s political party. Former Pakistani first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz died Tuesday following a year of cancer treatment at a London clinic. He has applied for bail but a court is still to rule on his request.

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Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has died in hospital in London after months in critical condition. In June, she had a heart attack and was put on a ventilator. When Nawaz and Maryam Sharif left London for Pakistan in July, they knew they faced lengthy jail terms and would likely not see Ms Nawaz again.Mr Sharif had said the charges - related to the ownership of luxury London flats - were politically motivated.Recently elected Prime Minister Imran Khan calls Ms Nawaz "a courageous woman of great dignity".Kulsoom Nawaz married Nawaz Sharif in 1971 and her husband was prime minister of Pakistan on three occasions - 1990-1993, 1997-1999 and 2013-2017. Shortly after the announcement of her death, Pakistani television showed Sharif’s two sons and other relatives and supporters standing grimly outside the London hospital and receiving condolences. Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies Later, he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison over the family’s purchase of luxury apartments in London.Sharif appeared in court in Islamabad on Tuesday.