*RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has notified ‘Better Class’ category forformer premier Nawaz Sharif and his son-in-law retired Captain Safdar inAdiala jail on their request while Maryam Nawaz didn’t apply for the betterclass.*
According to the B-Class category, the PML-N supreme leader and hisson-in-law will have facilities of small table and chair, a mattress,ceiling fan, 21-inch TV and a newspaper.
Capt Safdar, who was arrested on July 08, had already been availing betterclass facilities in the jail since he was a former military officer and aformer parliamentarian.
Maryam Nawaz, however, didn’t apply for the B-Class facilities. In aletter, she wrote: “I was offered to apply for better class facilities bythe superintendant of the jail, as per the rules that I refused of my ownwill. This is purely my own decision, taken without any pressure fromanyone.”
Citing sources, ARY News reported, the ex-PM and Safdar have been allottedprison uniforms.
PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, his mother, nephew Hamza Shehbaz and otherfamily members met Nawaz and Maryam in Adiala prison on Saturday evening.
The meeting took place in the room of jail superintendent amid tightsecurity and lasted more than two hours.