(UTV|COLOMBO) – Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar will be granted parole to attend the funeral of Begum Kulsoom.
The three will be granted parole from the time of Kulsoom’s funeral prayers till her burial, citing the Interior Ministry sources.
Sharif, Maryam and Safdar are currently serving jail terms in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after being convicted by an accountability court in a corruption case in July.
A request is necessary for parole to be granted, the sources added.
Kulsoom, the wife of Sharif, died Tuesday in London after a long battle with cancer. She was 68.
According to sources, the Sharif family has decided to bring back Kulsoom’s body to Pakistan, it said.
“She will be laid to rest in Pakistan,” the family confirmed.
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