Islamabad, Oct 25 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza today condoled the death of former cricket captain Wasim Akram's wife Huma in Chennai.

In a message to Akram's family, Prime Minister Gilani expressed his deep sorrow and grief and prayed to Almighty Allah to bless her soul and give courage to the bereaved family to bear their loss with equanimity.

National Assembly Speaker Mirza said she was shocked to hear the sad news of the passing away of Akram's wife, and prayed that the departed soul rest in eternal peace, according to an Associated Press of Pakistan report.

Huma was admitted in a hospital in Chennai while on her way to Singapore for treatment and she breathed her last this morning, due to a cardiac arrest resulted from multi-organ failure.