Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz dies in London

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Last updated: September 11, 2018

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A Pakistani voter casts her ballot in a by-election in Lahore on September 17, 2017. The wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is contesting a parliamentary by-election September 17 after her husband's seat became vacant when he was ousted from office. / AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI

London: Begum Kulsoom, the wife of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died Tuesday in London after a prolonged illness, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Shehbaz Sharif said.Kulsoom, who was under treatment at London’s Harley Street Clinic since June 2014, was placed on life support earlier Tuesday as her health deteriorated, Geo TV reported.

The 68-year-old former first lady was diagnosed with lymphoma (throat) cancer in August 2017.

She had married Sharif in April 1971.

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