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LAHORE: The flight carrying Kulsoom Nawaz’s body arrived at  Lahore's Allama Iqbala International Airport in wee hours  on Friday (today).As per details, 13 members of Sharif family, including Shehbaz Sharif, Asma Nawaz, sons of Husssain Nawaz and other relatives have come Pakistan with the body via PIA flight PK 758, which landed  at  Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at around 06: 50am today (Friday).Extra security is already in place at both Allama Iqbal International Airport and Jati Umra following the funeral prayers of Pakistan's former first lady, which would be held at 5:00pm on  Friday (today ) at the Sharif Medical City, and she would be laid to rest at Jati Umra.A head of departure of Kulsoom's body to homeland, her funeral prayers were offered at the Regents Park Mosque (Islamic Cultural Centre) in London.Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz including former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, Hasan and Hussain Nawaz, former finance minister Ishaq Dar, former Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar, former federal minister Berjees Tahir, former AJK prime minister Chaudhary Abdul Majeed, PTI London President Barrister Waheed Miah and representatives of religious and political parties attended the funeral.Early on Wednesday, Shehbaz Sharif had departed for London to bring back the body of his sister-in-law.Kulsoom, 68, wife of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, breathed her last on Tuesday at London’s Harley Street Clinic after a prolonged illness, where She remained under treatment since June 2017, and was placed on life support last night after her health deteriorated.A special security plan has been chalked out  ahead of Begum Kulsoom's funeral. Airport Security Force (ASF), police, and other law enforcers have  been deployed.Meanwhile, all the SPs have been directed to visit to their respective areas for reviewing security arrangements.

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