Pakistan
Imran Khan expresses condolences on sad demise of Begum Nasim Wali khan
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of veteran Awami National Party (ANP) leader Begum Nasim Wali Khan, who passed away on Sunday after suffering from cardiac issues and diabetes.
On his official twitter handle, Imran Khan wrote, “My condolences & prayers go to the family of Begum Nasim Wali”.
“She will be remembered for her struggle for democracy in Pakistan,” the premier added.
Yesterday, Begum Nasim Wali Khan, 88 a devoted activist associated with the (ANP) passed away after a protracted illness.
The funeral was held in the city’s Wali Bagh at 6 pm and the late leader was buried in her ancestral graveyard in the Utmanzai village of Charsadda.
Born in 1933, the Pakhtun nationalist leader was one of the main leaders of the Pakistan National Alliance and made history in 1977 as the first woman elected from a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province general seat.
She also served as the provincial president of ANP thrice.
Nasim Wali Khan married Khan Abdul Wali Khan in 1954. She is the mother of Sangeen Wali Khan (late), as well as step-mother of Asfandyar Wali Khan.