FORMER PM, MARYAM POSTPONE RETURN

ISLAMABAD — Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly decided to defer his return to Pakistan for the time being following the worsening condition of his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz,

DawnNewsTV quoted sources as saying. Kulsoom is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in London.

She is in critical condition after she suffered a cardiac arrest late on Thursday and was admitted to the ICU in London’s Harley Street Clinic and placed on ventilator. Nawaz Sharif, along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz, travelled to London the same day.

Talking to media persons outside Harley Street Clinic, Nawaz said that his wife’s condition was critical and doctors have kept her on life support. “She is still in intensive care and sedated,” he said.

Meanwhile, Nawaz’s son Hussain told reporters that the doctors were unable to provide much information to the family at this juncture. “Doctors can not give a date as to when she will recover. However, they have said that once she [Kulsoom] show’s signs of recovery they will start removing life support one by one,” Hussain said.

Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif is also in London to see his ailing sister-in-law.

Her sons — Hassan and Hussain — and daughter Asma were with her throughout her treatment in London.