*RAWALPINDI: Governor Punjab Rafique Rajwana and Governor KhyberPakhtunkhwa (KP) Zafar Iqbal Jhagra have met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) supreme leader Mian Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail.*
The two governors have used their influence to met the former premier inprison and the meetings have been kept secret.
The governors had reportedly also not taken the jail officials’ permissionto meet the former premier who is serving jail time in compliance with aJuly 6 court verdict in Avenfield case.
Nawaz Sharif was arrested on July 13 along with his daughter, Maryam NawazSharif when the duo returned to the country. The arrest was in compliancewith July 6 court order against Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and her husbandCaptain (retired) Safdar.
The PML-N supreme leader was awarded 10 years in prison, while his daughterMaryam and her spouse Capt. Safdar were handed seven years’ and one year’sprison term, respectively.
Judge Muhammad Bashir ordered forfeiture of their properties in theAvenfield Apartments and Park Lane of London. He imposed a fine of £8million (approximately Rs1,292m) on the former premier and £2 million(approximately Rs323m) on his daughter.
Besides, three convicts were awarded an additional one-year imprisonment,which will run concurrently for not cooperating with the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB).
The PML-N leaders had filed an appeal against conviction in Islamabad HighCourt (IHC) which issued separate notices to the NAB Tuesday on NawazSharif’s plea to transfer the remaining corruption cases against him toanother judge as well as on the Sharif family’s appeals against theAvenfield verdict.