Kulsoom Nawaz's doctors await results of scans, tests

LONDON: Begum Kulsoom Nawaz’s Lymphoma cancer treatment is yet to start as doctors wait for some essential scans and results.

According to a source, the chemotherapy treatment will start later this week or the following week, depending on approval of the doctors who are waiting for a “few more tests and scans during this week.”

Begum Nawaz is in good spirits and being regularly checked by a team of doctors and that she is “looking forward” for the treatment, a source said.

This scribe learnt that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to visit London but no plan is finalized yet.

“Nawaz Sharif’s plan is yet to be finalized and all reports so far about his scheduled arrival in London etc are wrong,” said a source from Lahore. “A plan will be finalised and made public soon.”

Nawaz is expected to fly to London to meet his wife; he is expected to stay in London for around ten days. A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) source in London said that once Nawaz’s schedule is announced, a public rally will be held in West London where he will speak to his supporters from across the United Kingdom.

Doctors have said that Kulsoom’s ailment is curable and the “treatment shouldn’t be too complicated.”

Maryam Nawaz disclosed last week that her mother Kulsoom was diagnosed with lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes on the left side of her neck.

Last week, cancer counselors met Begum Nawaz to brief her about the nature of her illness, its treatment plan, and what it will involve.

Begum Nawaz left for London unexpectedly on August 17 for a medical checkup. She is PML-N’s candidate for NA-120. Her daughter Maryam is running her campaign.