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Nawaz Sharif is treated in a 'shabby manner' at Adiala: Shahbaz

PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is being treated in a ‘shabby manner’ at the Adiala prison which is ‘highly detrimental for his wellbeing and health’, stated Shahbaz Sharif in a letter to Interim chief minister Punjab Hasan Askari Rizvi.

By Web Desk
July 16, 2018
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif giving interview to foreign media ahead of his arrival in Pakistan on Friday. The ex-PM and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested and shifted to Adiala prisons.

LAHORE: PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is being treated in a ‘shabby manner’ at the Adiala prisons which is ‘highly detrimental for his well being and health’, stated Shahbaz Sharif in a letter to interim chief minister Punjab Hasan Askari Rizvi.

How Nawaz, Maryam are doing their time at Adiala

Meanwhile, a copy of Holy Quran, praying mat, medicines, shaving cream, clothes, packets of cardamom, four towels and eatables were handed over to the three inmates. All these items packed in five bags were brought in a double cabin from the family’s Jati Umra estate, Lahore. Nawaz has been given B-Class while Maryam is kept at the vocational hostel.

The members of Sharif family met with the former prime minister, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt. (retd) Mohammad Safdar on Saturday at the Adiala prisons.

In a strongly worded letter, Shahbaz highlited the 'pathtetic' conditions of tha jail where his elder brother was incarcerated.

Shahbaz wrote: "It was noted during my visit that Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was not even given a newspaper to read, his mattress was on the floor and the washroom at his disposal was in a dirty despicable condition, with no air conditioner in his room. No attendant was there and medical checkup facility also is not up o the mark. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif being a heart and diabetic patient needs medicine timely plus frequent visits of a doctor. His personal doctor, who knows his medical condition, should be allowed to0 visit him twice a day, administering medicine and examining a clean diet."

"It is very unfortunate that Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, three time Prime Minister of Pakistan, is being treated in such a shabby manner. This situation is unacceptable given the minimum facilities he is entitled to as former Prime Minister," the letter further read.

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