LAHORE: The former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz on Friday said she was grateful to the nation for praying for her ailing mother. 

"My mother is recovering well thanks to the nation's prayers," she said while addressing the audience at St Anthony's Church in Lahore.

"I was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary for eleven years, and I have no qualms in saying that the Convent and Jesus and Mary have played a huge part in where I stand today in life," Maryam said.

She expressed pride at the appointment of the first Christian finance minister, and said she was 'personally very happy' at the angel of Pakistan's Chrisitan community ? Dr Ruth Pfao ? being honoured with a state funeral.