Nawaz Sharif gets private cook, lawn, tv and minced meat in jail
The government in Pakistan’s Punjab province said that the ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is receiving all the facilities entitled under the law.
On Thursday, the former chief minister and PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif said, " My brother Sharif is kept in “abysmal conditions” in the Adiala jail. Besides, Ahmed Waqas Riaz, Punjab Information Minister told the media that former-Prime Minister is being given all facilities that he should get.
Mian Nawaz Sharif message to the Nation. pic.twitter.com/spX3toqOkV
— ZM (@ZeshanMalick) July 18, 2018
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prisons, Malik Mubashir, released a statement of the list of facilities given to Sharif. Mubashir said, "Sharif is jailed in a separate cell in a Better Class portion of the jail and has been issued a steel bed, table, chair, newspapers, sheets for his personal bed, personal clothes, one ceiling fan, two bracket fans and toiletries. He has also been allowed to keep a 21-inch TV,"
He even shared that he has been given enough space in his cell for movement and he regularly goes for a stroll in the lawn adjacent to his cell.
Just met Nawaz Sharif n Maryam in Jail. They were in high spirits n ready to face any hardship. Felt proud of their sacrifice.
— Mohammad Zubair (@RealM_Zubair) July 19, 2018
Nawaz Sharif has been given a personal cook who prepares meals for him, keeping his diet recommended by a RIC nutritionist. His diet includes fruits, salad, dates and qeema (minced meat). The family members and friends can meet him on Thursdays while his lawyers can meet him on any one day of the week.
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First published: 19 July 2018, 17:30 IST