LONDON: A British-Pakistani mother who lost her three children in a house fire in July has been left homeless by her own relatives.
Naumana Gul Khan said she was thrown out of the house she was temporarily staying in after her own home was declared unsafe following the fire that claimed the lives of her three children.
Their three children, who died in a house fire in the East Ham area of Napier Road, east London, were identified as seven-year-old Muhammad Hanan Malik, his sister Aayat, 11, and brother Nakash Malik, 13.
At the time of the tragedy, their parents paid tribute to them, saying they “loved them beyond words and missed them beyond measure.”
Their parents said: “Their lives were a blessing, their memories a treasure. We love them more than we can express in words and miss them more than we can imagine. May they rest in peace in God’s heaven.”
The fire damaged the ground floor and half of the first floor of the terraced house on Napier Road.
Naumana remained in the hospital in an induced coma for almost a month and when she regained consciousness, she learned that her three children had died. “I was told that my children were playing in heaven.”
She said Geo news She woke up that tragic night to see smoke coming out of the bedroom. Within seconds, the fire had engulfed the entire house. She tried to fight the fire to save her children, but was nearly killed and escaped through the sliding window. Her eldest son escaped to the attic and survived.
After being discharged from hospital, Naumana stayed with her brother outside London but has been visiting her husband, who has been staying in a small flat near Napier Road with his family.
After the deaths, her husband Khurram Malik moved in with his sisters on a nearby street, where he has been living ever since, sharing a room with his sisters.
Naumana says she lived for almost two months with her brother outside London, where she received treatment from the mental health team to recover, but felt she needed to be with her surviving son while her husband arranged for them to find a place to live together.
Naumana said Geo news She arrived two days ago to be with her son, who is suffering from seizures and emotional distress following the tragedy, but her family threw away her belongings and asked her to leave the house.
“I am now homeless and have nowhere to go. This is not how you treat a grieving mother. It is cruel. I understand there is a housing crisis, but the way I was thrown out is unacceptable. I am calling on the local council and the authorities to help me,” she said. Geo news.
His relatives declined to comment on the allegations, both by phone and during a home visit.
A source close to Naumana's in-laws said that they do not have enough space to accommodate the entire family and that is the reason why Naumana has been asked to continue living outside London until a place is found. However, Naumana says that she cannot afford to stay away as she needs to be close to her son who needs her attention round the clock.
