Maryam Nawaz applies for air conditioner facility in jail

Rawalpindi (Pakistan Point News – 11th August, 2018) Maryam Nawaz, incarcerated in Adiala Jail along with father Nawaz Sharif and husband Capt (r) Safdar in Avenfield Reference, has applied for air conditioner facility in the jail.

The picture of the application is going viral on social media. The application seeks provision of air conditioner facility in central jail, Rawalpindi on medical grounds.

The application was reportedly sent to the jail authorities on August 9. The jail authorities have not given an official statement over this.

Earlier, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was provided the facility of an air conditioner in jail upon the directions of Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi following illness.

According to Punjab Prisoners department, the former prime minister has been given this facility over the report of his doctor Azhar Kiyani.

Jail sources said that it is the first time that a prisoner has been given the facility of an air conditioner.

An accountability court had given 11 years imprisonment to Nawaz Sharif, seven years to Maryam Nawaz and one year to Capt (r) Safdar in Avenfield property judgment on July 6.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested from the Lahore airport on July 13 and were transferred to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz are being kept in B-class of Adiala Jail. The B-class jail has facilities such as a 21-inch television, newspapers, a bed and fan.