Nawaz Sharif's last message before landing back at Kot Lakhpat Jail

Nawaz Sharif's last message before landing back at Kot Lakhpat Jail

*ISLAMABAD - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has reached Kot Lakhpat jail after his six-week bail on medical grounds expired on Tuesday.*

“I am thankful to my lovely workers… I thank Zinda dilan-e-Lahore who accompanied me,” Mr Sharif said in a video message shared by his daughter on Twitter link.

“The dark night of injustice will end,” he said. “I know they understand why I am being punished,” the former prime minister said about his supporters.

Maryam Nawaz Sharif in another tweet link said that it took them four hours to reach Kot Lakhpat jail from Raiwind which is hardly 30 minutes away. “Thank you Lahore ,” she said.

His nephew, Hamza Shehbaz, drove him to jail while his daughter Maryam Nawaz also accompanied him.

A large number of PML-N workers and leaders gathered outside his Jati Umra residence and accompanied their leader to the jail.