ISLAMABAD – Life is hardly a walk in the park for three-time Pakistan PMNawaz Sharif. Taking a stroll in prison too has become a potential threatwith security officials at Adiala jail forced to fear the worst after theVIP inmate was jeered at by fellow prisoners when he was out in thecourtyard of his barrack.

Sentenced to ten years in prison in a disproportionate assets case, Sharifhas been lodged at the jail in Rawalpindi instead of a rest house inIslamabad where high-profile political figures have previously spent jailsentences.

While his lawyers previously stated that Sharif has been kept devoid ofbasic facilities – he reportedly has a dilapidated toilet, a possible riskto his life is now being feared. This after anti-Sharif and anti-PML-Nslogans were raised by fellow inmates when the high-profile prisoner wasout on a brief stroll.

Dawn reports that jail authorities are reluctant to keep Sharif in thepremises due to the presence of high-profile inmates here – many of whomare hardened and radical terrorists. While the security for Sharif inparticular and of the jail has been tightened, the possibility of movingthe political figure to the Sihala Rest House in Islamabad is beingconsidered.

The rest house is a sub-jail that had apparently been kept ready forSharif, his daughter Maryam – who has been sentenced to eight years inprison in the same case, and son-in-law but they were taken to Rawalpindiafter landing in the country from London.