LONDON: Hussain Nawaz, son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday said his mother Kulsoom Nawaz’s health condition was critical and she had been placed on a ventilator for an indefinite period.

Talking to media briefly outside here at Harley Street Clinic, he requested the nation to pray for the better health of his ailing mother.

Kulsoom suffered a cardiac arrest late Thursday and was moved to Harley Street Clinic’s Intensive Care Unit and placed on a ventilator.