Huma wasim akram

“I would say that I have been lucky twice in my life as my late wife was an amazing lady, I miss her so much, she taught me a lot in my life. She gave me two beautiful sons, I have been lucky twice as Shaniera is also an amazing woman. And guys, relationships always work from both sides” said Akram. Time and again Wasim keeps sharing posts regarding missing his late wife. Earlier, in a gram post, he shared a picture of his son and wrote a heartfelt note for Huma. “You will never be forgotten, you gave me the biggest gifts of all and they continue to grow and carry on your spirit.” What are your views about this? Let us know in the comments below!

In the mid-1990s, during her husband's second stint as captain, Huma also worked with the Pakistan team for a while as a psychological counsellor, helping players such as Saqlain Mushtaq. Wasim also regularly credited her for helping him mentally, especially in the aftermath of the players revolt against his captaincy in 1993-94. Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, also expressed his grief over the demise. "We are with Wasim and his family at this hour of need and pray to God to give them strength to bear this great and irreparable loss," he said. "All the management of PCB and fellow cricketers have also extended their condolences and prayed eternal peace for the departed soul."

The legendary fast bowler, 56, took more than 900 international wickets before retiring in 2003. In a new autobiography, Wasim, 56, said he began using cocaine while working as a television pundit around the world. "The culture of fame in south Asia is all consuming, seductive and corrupting," he told the Times. external-link "You can go to 10 parties a night, and some do. And it took its toll on me." His first wife Huma died suddenly in 2009 from a rare fungal infection. "Huma's last selfless, unconscious act was curing me of my drug problem," said Wasim. "That way of life was over, and I have never looked back." After making his international debut in 1984, left-arm quick Wasim played 104 Tests and 356 one-day internationals for Pakistan, winning the 1992 World Cup. He led Pakistan in 25 Tests and 109 ODIs between 1993 and 2000 and is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers of all time. Wasim said he "developed a dependence on cocaine" while he was travelling away from Huma and their two sons, who were living in Manchester. He added: "It started innocuously enough when I was offered a line at a party in England; my use grew steadily more serious, to the point that I felt I needed it to function. "Huma, I know, was often lonely in this time, she would talk of her desire to move to Karachi, to be nearer her parents and siblings. I was reluctant. "Why? Partly because I liked going to Karachi on my own, pretending it was work when it was actually about partying, often for...

Tributes poured in for Wasim Akram’s wife, Huma, who was buried in her hometown Lahore on Monday. She was 42. A large number of former Pakistan Test cricketers, senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, dignitaries of the city and Wasim’s fans attended the funeral. Saeed Anwar, a former Pakistan captain and ex-teammate of Wasim, led the funeral prayers. Also in attendance were Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Ijaz Ahmed, Zakir Khan among others. Huma died on Sunday at a Chennai hospital after battling it out for five days. She was afflicted with sepsis, a disease in which the tissues of the body are affected. Blood becomes affected too and it finally leads to renal failure. Huma was being taken to Singapore for treatment from her home in Lahore in an air ambulance. Heart and kidney complications arose while she was being flown. She had to be taken to the hospital in Chennai when the plane stopped there for refuelling. Huma and Wasim studied together and knew each other since 1986. They went out for a few years before tying the knot in 1993 when Wasim was at the peak of his career. They were easily among the best-known couples in Pakistan. Huma was a trained psychotherapist. During Wasim’s captaincy, she was appointed the psychological counsellor of the team. Huma leaves behind their two sons Taimur and Akram. “Her untimely death is a huge loss for her family and her friends. All of us will miss her,” said Zaheer...

Huma Wasim played a major role in helping and supporting Wasim Akram in achieving all that he did. -Photo by Reuters. CHENNAI Huma Akram, the wife of former Pakistan captain and legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram, died at a hospital here on Sunday. Huma, 42, died following heart and kidney complications. She was admitted to the hospital on Oct 20 in an emergency situation, suffering from fever. The air ambulance carrying her from Lahore to Singapore had stopped in Chennai for refuelling when her condition worsened. Wasim was at her bedside for the last five days. Arrangements are being made to fly her body back to Pakistan, hospital sources told local media. Huma's body is expected to be flown to Lahore early on Monday. According to television reports, she would be laid to rest by the afternoon in Defence. Besides her husband, Huma is survived by sons Taimur and Akbar. A trained medical practitioner herself, Huma had stints with some of the leading hospitals in Pakistan as a psychologist and a hypnotherapist. In the mid-1990s, during Wasim's second stint as captain, Huma also worked with the Pakistan team for a while as a psychological counsellor. Wasim also regularly credited her for helping him psychologically, especially in the aftermath of the players' revolt against his captaincy in 1993-94. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt expressed the board's grief. 'We are with Wasim and his family at this hour of need and pray to God to give them strength to bear this gre...

Wasim Akram at his wifes funeral in Lahore, October 26, 2009. -Photo by APP LAHORE On October 25, Huma Akram,42, wife of former cricketing legend Wasim Akram, breathed her last in Chennai's Apollo Hospital, while on her way to Singapore. Four days later, a grief-stricken Akram, asked for a government inquiry at the highest level into, what he termed sheer 'negligence'on the part of 19 leading doctors of Lahore, at the two privatehospitals, in Lahore, where she was admitted and being treated from October 6 to Oct 19. The inquiry committee set up on the directive of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani, and conducted by a three-member doctor's committee from Pakistan Institute of medical Sciences, concluded that the doctors were unable to diagnose Huma's problem resulting in deterioration of her condition. Following the inquiry, the National Assembly's Standing Committee held another inquiry and recommended that the 17 doctors be suspended and their general practice licenses cancelled. Terming the allegations 'entirely inaccurate'and 'unsubstantiated,' Dr Kamran Chima, 48, a pulmonolgist and a critical care specialist, who was among the 19 doctors to have faced these charges, has sent a 13-page legal notice to Wasim Akram refuting the latter's allegations and saying Akram had influenced the 'course of the inquiry proceedings' by making incorrect statements. Further, he has asked Akram to tender an 'unconditional apology'and pay damages to the tune of a hundred million rupees. F...

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Wasim Akram at his wifes funeral in Lahore, October 26, 2009. -Photo by APP LAHORE On October 25, Huma Akram,42, wife of former cricketing legend Wasim Akram, breathed her last in Chennai's Apollo Hospital, while on her way to Singapore. Four days later, a grief-stricken Akram, asked for a government inquiry at the highest level into, what he termed sheer 'negligence'on the part of 19 leading doctors of Lahore, at the two privatehospitals, in Lahore, where she was admitted and being treated from October 6 to Oct 19. The inquiry committee set up on the directive of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani, and conducted by a three-member doctor's committee from Pakistan Institute of medical Sciences, concluded that the doctors were unable to diagnose Huma's problem resulting in deterioration of her condition. Following the inquiry, the National Assembly's Standing Committee held another inquiry and recommended that the 17 doctors be suspended and their general practice licenses cancelled. Terming the allegations 'entirely inaccurate'and 'unsubstantiated,' Dr Kamran Chima, 48, a pulmonolgist and a critical care specialist, who was among the 19 doctors to have faced these charges, has sent a 13-page legal notice to Wasim Akram refuting the latter's allegations and saying Akram had influenced the 'course of the inquiry proceedings' by making incorrect statements. Further, he has asked Akram to tender an 'unconditional apology'and pay damages to the tune of a hundred million rupees. F...

“I would say that I have been lucky twice in my life as my late wife was an amazing lady, I miss her so much, she taught me a lot in my life. She gave me two beautiful sons, I have been lucky twice as Shaniera is also an amazing woman. And guys, relationships always work from both sides” said Akram. Time and again Wasim keeps sharing posts regarding missing his late wife. Earlier, in a gram post, he shared a picture of his son and wrote a heartfelt note for Huma. “You will never be forgotten, you gave me the biggest gifts of all and they continue to grow and carry on your spirit.” What are your views about this? Let us know in the comments below!

Tributes poured in for Wasim Akram’s wife, Huma, who was buried in her hometown Lahore on Monday. She was 42. A large number of former Pakistan Test cricketers, senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, dignitaries of the city and Wasim’s fans attended the funeral. Saeed Anwar, a former Pakistan captain and ex-teammate of Wasim, led the funeral prayers. Also in attendance were Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Ijaz Ahmed, Zakir Khan among others. Huma died on Sunday at a Chennai hospital after battling it out for five days. She was afflicted with sepsis, a disease in which the tissues of the body are affected. Blood becomes affected too and it finally leads to renal failure. Huma was being taken to Singapore for treatment from her home in Lahore in an air ambulance. Heart and kidney complications arose while she was being flown. She had to be taken to the hospital in Chennai when the plane stopped there for refuelling. Huma and Wasim studied together and knew each other since 1986. They went out for a few years before tying the knot in 1993 when Wasim was at the peak of his career. They were easily among the best-known couples in Pakistan. Huma was a trained psychotherapist. During Wasim’s captaincy, she was appointed the psychological counsellor of the team. Huma leaves behind their two sons Taimur and Akram. “Her untimely death is a huge loss for her family and her friends. All of us will miss her,” said Zaheer...