LAHORE – The Punjab government has ordered to provide B Class facilitiesto Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted by an accountability court, in Adialajail.
A notification in this regard has been issued.
Earlier on Monday, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif has written a letter tothe government seeking better facilities for former prime minister NawazSharif at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
In a letter to caretaker prime minister Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk andPunjab caretaker chief minister Hasan Askari Rizvi drawing their attentionto the ‘abysmal conditions’ under which Nawaz Sharif is languishing in jail.
“During my visit and meeting along with other family members, I found NawazSharif in a pathetic prison environment which is highly detrimental to hishealth and well-being. He was not even given newspaper to read, his bed wasa mattress on the floor and washroom was not clean and there was noair-conditioner in the room. No attendant was there and the medicalcheck-up facility was also not up to the mark,” he stated in the letter.
He said: “Nawaz Sharif, a heart and diabetic patient, needs timely medicineand frequent visits to a doctor. His personal doctor who knows his medicalcondition well should be allowed to visit him twice a day.”
Shahbaz Sharif regretted that Nawaz Sharif, a three-time prime minister,was being treated in such a “shabby manner.
“This situation is unacceptable given the minimum facilities he is entitledto as a former premier. He must be provided with the aforementioned basicfacilities at the earliest,” Shahbaz said.