ISLAMABAD: Mehmooda Sultana, mother of Dawn Islamabad’s Bureau Chief Amir Wasim, passed away on Thursday morning due to a heart attack in Toronto, Canada. She was 77. She left behind her husband Wasim Khalid, former controller Radio Pakistan, two sons and two daughters.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PPP leaders Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb expressed condolence in their statements. According to her family, Ms Sultana left for Toronto on July 7 on transit visit to travel onward to the United States to meet her daughter there.

Soon after reaching Canada, she suffered a heart attack and was hospitalised. She remained in the cardiac care unit (CCU) till her death. Arrangements are being made to bring her body back to the country and the date of her burial has so far not been decided.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022