LAHORE: Begum Shamim Akhtar, the mother of deposed prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and party’s president Shahbaz Sharif, was laid to rest next to her husband, Mian Sharif, at the family’s Jati Umra estate in Lahore on Sunday. Apart from family members, scores of party workers and leaders including Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider, Rana Sanaullah, Ayaz Sadiq, Khawaja Asif attended the funeral. Shahbaz and his son Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shahbaz, who are facing prison in a number of graft cases, were also in attendance. Strict security arrangements were made for the funeral and the main road leading to Jati Umra was cordoned off. Her body was brought back to Lahore early Saturday morning through a British Airways flight and received by Shahbaz at the Allama Iqbal Airport.

Source: Pakistan Today November 28, 2020 12:00 UTC